Reading Summary

As the chapter begins, Janie sits in the store and waits for an possible customer but assumes there will be none since there is a big game in town. To her suprise a man named Mr. Woods enters the store and makes himself right at home. Throughout the chapter Mr. Woods continues to visit Janie, and also makes an effort every time he comes to be even more flirtatious. The towns people begin to question why Janie is hanging around this man and why she is dressing the way she is. Janie claims that she is wearing such vibrant colors because she is no longer mourning the death of Joe, and Mr. Woods also wants her to wear these things because he believes she looks good in them. After lots of talking and numerous instances with Joe, Janie announces to Pheoby that she is going to get married to Mr. Woods. Pheoby questions this decision but dosn't hold Janie back. And little does Janie know that she is in for a big suprise about the kind of person Mr. Woods really is.