- The rest of the frame goes up without a hitch. Too bad for the folks who showed up hoping for an accident.
- Louis Moucheaud ties a basalm tree to a top post for luck, and the men toast to the barn's future.
- The men begin to leave. Mrs. Conroy, Polly Ann, and the girls clean up the food and kitchen. Mr. Hook and Tom break down the makeshift tables.
- Mr. Hook and Tom find Birdy in the middle of the barn, admiring it and thinking back to the first time it was raised.
- Tom, Mr. Hook, and Polly Ann thank Birdy and praise him for his leadership. Birdy shrugs it off: there's still plenty of work to be done.
- Polly Ann says it's been a long day, so she calls for milking, a simple meal, and then bed.
- But Tom has another idea: to go to the Breen place and look for the money.
- Tom explains that Yantis was asking about Tom's barn floor, and that he might catch on before too long. Tom also thinks the Flanchers wouldn't expect to be on the lookout for him at the Breen place after such a long day.
- Polly Ann rallies. Field trip!