Meanwhile, Linda is still distraught and heartbroken by the loss of her son, and Stephen is deeply troubled by her sorrow, also missing Butters. Unprompted, he is told by an old farmer not to dig up Butters' body and re-bury him at the Indian burial ground. Stephen—who had no intention of doing such a thing until the old man put the notion in his head—exhumes Butters' "remains" and reburies the pig carcass at the Indian burial ground, believing this will bring Butters back to life.