The sun rises and
James forces
Thatcher to row them to shore. He sets the boat adrift and ties the judge to a tree, leaving him ungagged. Thatcher asks what
books James has taken from his library, which surprises James. He has taken a slave narrative,
Candide, and some John Stuart Mill. Thatcher seems even more offended and insists that James can’t leave him like this. When James asks if he means alive, the judge is silent. Thatcher tells James he will not make it to Edina, and James agrees that is a possibility.