- The next night, Jacob asks Ben to go for a walk.
- Along the way, they meet up with Byram Chaney, a teacher who has been waiting for them.
- What's the occasion? Jacob and Byram are taking Ben somewhere special.
- Ben freaks out. Will they hurt him? Where are they going? Why the secrecy?
- Things go from bad to worse when they give him a white hood to wear.
- Yup—Jacob is part of the Ku Klux Klan. Yikes.