Valancy is unable to sleep and can sense that Barney is not either. She has a dream of him being made of glass and shatters, which she wakes up from with horror and relief. When she wakes up, Barney is gone, and she knows he has gone to the wilds. She forces herself to eat breakfast and tidy the house and then goes to Deerwood to see Dr Trent, to find out the truth.