In which a fierce storm tests the courage and vigilance of our raft-faring company, and the duke and the king hatch schemes to turn their misadventures into profit by adopting roles on a country stage and stirring lively camp-meeting crowds. Amidst the cacophony of preaching and piety, the raft's company concoct a clever ruse to travel by day, all while enduring the rough river and reckonings with their own follies.