In the dead of night, Ethelrida writes at her desk.

He turns to reveal a gaunt, pasty face with no nose.

Ethelrida promptly shuts the door, freaked out by this ghostly vision.

Their path is halted by a wall of flames that soon encircles them.

For objecting to this stick-up, the kid gets tossed in the fire.

They steal the truck.

At Spuds All-Time diner, Ebal sits down with Doctor.

He asks Doctor if theyre pretending to be at peace when theyre really at war.

Doctor replies, Not yet.

But were trying real hard.

Ebal is unaware of these incidents and promises to get back to Doctor about them.

Your minds a clutter of grievances, remarks Oraetta.

After being playfully scolded for smacking her behind, Josto gets drugs from Oraetta.

On his way out, he runs into Ethelrida, who wants to accept Oraettas housekeeping job offer.

Ethelridas gumption gets her the gig, and she begins right away.

Before leaving for work, Oraetta instructs Ethelrida not to go into a particular closet.

Ethelrida agrees and negotiates a $1 sum for her three hours of toil.

He also instructs Rabbi to summon Weff.

Defy, however, demurs, saying hell stick around for the time being.

Weff gets the message from Rabbi and heads to Joplins with Defy in tow.

Josto confronts Gaetano about his conduct.

Gaetano raises a blade, and Josto sticks a gun in his brothers crotch.

But this latest round of brotherly hostility comes to nothing.

He and Constant act threateningly toward Defy, but the U.S. Josto orders Ebal to visit their mafia superiors in New York.

He wants Ebal to assure them that everything is under control, and to get more men.

What she discovers are shelves full of medical supplies including poisonous laudanum and a variety of trinkets.

Oraettas cat knocks over a bottle but Ethelrida catches it before it breaks.

She then accidentally spills a box stuffed with newspaper obituaries.

Beside it, she finds another box filled with jewelry.

Muck from the specter drips onto Swanees face, but when Zelmare opens her eyes, hes gone.

Thurman returns home in a euphoric mood, dancing around the kitchen with Dibrell and Ethelrida.

Over drinks, he admits that the reason hes so happy is that theyre now out of danger.

Comprehending that Thurman has paid off their debt thanks to Zelmares criminal activity, Dibrell demands to know specifics.

Whatever I did, its done, he asserts.