He leaned forward, put his hand on her knee, and prophesied a dark future for her:Injuns call this the ""land o"" the winds"" - it never stops blowing here -- day in, day out, whistlin"" and howlin"" - makes folks go crazy - especially women!Letty smiled uneasily - trying to appear unfazed and o hide her apprehension about his dire warning that women were driven mad by the constant winds in the area.Speechless and frozen in fear, Elliott with enormous eyes calls out in a stuttering whisper: "Mom, Mom, Mom, Michael, Michael, Mom." He still felt guilty and responsible for the incident (for not warning Hunt of known danger), and only recently learned hat Hunt had been imprisoned by the Russians for his revenge-killings of six Serbian nationals.You""re no spring chicken.You""re a grown woman with two little young-uns.It""s a man you need in the house, Willa Harper.Another closer view of the train coming toward the own is presented.On a moonlit night in their bedroom (with strange angles and shadows), John and Pearl are getting ready for bed when Pearl asks for a bedtime story.