After winter break, tensions between Bunny and the group worsen. Richard learns the chilling truth from Henry and Francis: during a bacchanal from which both Richard and Bunny were excluded, Henry accidentally killed a farmer near Francis's country estate. Bunny by chance reads a newspaper detailing the murder of the farmer in Vermont, where he is aware the bacchanal took place. Bunny has been blackmailing the group since he found out about the death of the farmer. No longer able to meet Bunny's demands, and fearing that he will expose them, the group resolves to kill Bunny. The students confront Bunny while he is hiking and Henry pushes him into a ravine to his death.