Chapters 18-19:
Will starts the day with an interview for the Atlanta newspaper about him getting run over by the train, and Grandpa asking him to help Miss Love clean at the house. Mama can't refuse. (No one can say no to Grandpa.) Will hears Miss Love playing on the piano and singing dance hall songs. Will hears her sing "this house is my baby now." (important!)
Will helps Miss Love clean the house. Miss Love cleans and acts different from most women in Cold Sassy, and is, as mentioned, a suffragette, which is a factor in the town shunning her, disapproving of change that doesn't fit with their own beliefs. She is very friendly, and makes it clear to Will that she does not want to replace Granny, and that she holds Granny in the highest respects, which endears her to Will.
When Grandpa gets home for lunch, Miss Love convinces him to let her give him a haircut and shave his beard. Will helps Miss Love clean a bit more and sees that she is sleeping not in Grandpa's room, but the company room. Finally, as they are finishing up, Will blurts out the big question: "How come you married my Grandpa?"
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