About Grace

As Winkler continues to fly toward his past, he remembers more of the events from it. On board the Agnita, he imagines Sandy searching for him or planning a funeral. He thinks of Sandy and Grace dying together in the flood. He wonders if he always wanted to leave and how long he should be gone. The freighter travels through the Antilles and the Caribbean, stopping at a half dozen ports to pick up and drop off goods. When they reach Kingstown, St. Vincent, Winkler decides he has gone far enough.

Winkler wanders the island and finds a public phone sign outside the post office. He sleeps against the gate and is woken by a woman arriving for work the next morning. He asks to use the phone, and she tells him how much it will cost. When he tells her he wants to call collect, she allows him into the building and dials his home phone for him. However, no one answers.

Winkler barters his suit jacket for some food and two jars of rum. He wanders the island and observes the people. At night, he sleeps on the beach. He steals lemons from a tree and eats them like apples.