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Summary: Section 3
Bobinôt and Bibi arrive home after a soggy walk and try to clean the mud from their shoes and legs so that Calixta will not scold them for tracking dirt into her scrupulously clean cabin. They worry that she will be in a bad mood, but when they enter the house, to their surprise, Calixta is in high spirits. She has set the table and is making supper. She fusses over them and tells them how worried she was for them, astonishing Bobinôt, and when he gives her the can of shrimp, she is delighted and declares a feast. Soon the family is seated at the table, enjoying each other’s company and laughing loudly enough to be heard as far away as Alcée’s plantation.
Summary: Section 4
At home, Alcée writes to his wife, Clarisse, assuring her that although he misses her, if she is happy visiting her friends in Biloxi, he will manage without her for another month. He insists that her well-being is what matters most to him.
Summary: Section 5
Upon reading the letter, Clarisse is touched and grateful for her husband’s love and consideration. She and the children are well, and she is thoroughly enjoying Biloxi and her old friends. Her time away has brought back to her the “pleasant liberty” of her life before marriage, and she is glad to extend her visit.
The narrator’s final comment declares that all the characters are happy with the outcome of the storm.
