Chapters 14-15: In Which a Half-Deaf Will Arrives Home and the Whole Town Shows Up to Ooh and Aah

Chapters 14-15:
When the train arrives everyone wants to touch or talk to Will like he is a hero or a miracle, but Loomis parts the crowd and gets him home. Will expects his parent to be furious because e avoided his chores, violated his "mourning" rules, and snuck off, nearly getting himself killed. But instead, his parents are just relieved to have him home safely. And Mary Willis is so classy and grateful that she refuses to gossip with Loma about Grandpa's elopement. The whole town turns up with food to "visit" as if someone had died. They tell near-death and "hit-by-the-train" stories until Will feels queasy. At the end of Chapter 15, a newly-married Grandpa walks in and pretends to think that the gathering is a party for him and Miss Love.