When
Joseph joins
Jack in the barn, Jack asks whether
Mrs. Stroud told him anything. Joseph replies that
Jupiter is in Brunswick. He asks Jack whether Brunswick is south of Eastham. Jack says yes and is about to say something else when Joseph asks him to please stop talking about it. The next day, Joseph doesn’t meet Jack to take the bus home. Jack assumes Joseph decided to walk, but when Jack gets home, Joseph isn’t there.
Mr. Hurd and
Mrs. Hurd search Joseph and Jack’s room and discover that
Walden, the Second
Octavian Nothing book, and some of Joseph’s clothes are gone. Mrs. Hurd goes to call Mrs. Stroud. When Jack tells Mr. Hurd that he thinks Joseph has gone to find Jupiter, Mr. Hurd tells Jack to let Mrs. Hurd know they’ll be late for dinner.