On the final day of summer, Carine prepares to leave after tutoring Jensen; Mrs. Fort praises Jensen's improvement and urges Carine to stay, offering schooling, a big house and nicer clothes. Carine refuses—her village Peachvale's wheat is ripe and she must return to harvest. Jensen and his mother beg her not to go, but she departs amid the children's cries. Later Jensen is told to study and train; he vows, "I'll make her my missus," a promise that answers the farewell and leaves their future hinging on whether he can bring her back.