Chapter 25 begins with Emily discussing from a narrator P.O.V. of how their lives are going after all the tragic events in the story. Emily discusses her beliefs on penance for the loss of Addie and how she needs additional penance. Emily, Valentine, and Robert begin to conversate about the hanging of Mrs. Mary and the possibility of saving her from death. Valentine comes up with a plan to possibly obtain her corpse to study the cause of migraines. They discuss final thoughts before departing, to which the chapter ends. Chapter 26 begins with the three at the gathering for the hanging. A newspaper boy approaches Annie to interview her since she is the daughter of Mrs. Mary. Emily places the night-time flowers in the yard to where supposedly
