After sewing her arm back on, Sally falls asleep in the graveyard and wakes at sunrise. She pictures Jack watching for her at his window, pacing and worrying. She hurries back to Halloween Town, puzzled to find it absolutely still and quiet. She passes one citizen after another, finding them sound asleep and covered in sand. She runs home and finds Jack in the same condition. She tries and fails to wake him, but he is just as sound asleep as the others.

Sally carries Jack carefully to their bed, then goes to the window to contemplate her situation and the town. When she left, everything was normal. Now it is utterly silent. Despite herself, Sally revels in the quiet. She is not being poked, prodded, and bossed around by people trying to turn her into the kind of queen they want. Her home feels like a home again and not a prison. She can do whatever she wants and be whoever she feels like. The only thing lacking is Jack.

Sally hears a shushing sound and runs to the gates to investigate. Something comes out of the shadows at the end of the street. As it draws nearer, Sally makes of the shape of an old man with a long beard and frizzy hair.