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The sheep go to the pub to take part in a contest so they can get closer to humans and expose Beth, and Fosco entertains the crowd by drinking Guinness. Mopple freezes when he sees the butcher in the audience, disrupting their plan. The chapter also introduces Officer Holmes, a discouraged policeman drinking at the pub and reflecting on his stalled career.

A man arrives to collect drugs, money, and files, revealing that George was involved in trafficking and used the sheep to move contraband; Rebecca negotiates her way out of the operation. Lily later admits she was with George on his last day before he left to the pub & fears blame without her receipt. After a strange dream, Mopple becomes convinced she knows who killed George, though the answer is still withheld.

The will reveals that Gabriel and Rebecca wanted control of the sheep and the caravan, but the sheep choose Rebecca, angering Gabriel. Beth tells Rebecca that McCarthy was secretly buying land to build a slaughterhouse, which explains why Gabriel, Tom, and Harry may have wanted him stopped. Rebecca reads a sad story to the sheep that hints at George’s hidden relationship, an unknown man arrives at the caravan.

the sheep suspect Gabriel is involved in McCarthy’s death along with Harry and Tom, though they still don’t know why. Mopple shares what he overheard, and the flock pretends to be sick so Gabriel will keep his sheep away. They also realize Gabriel is guarding something dangerous in the caravan and that God knows more than he admits.

the priest and Ham drink together and speak about their guilt linked to George’s death, each interprete events as punishment for their own moral failures. Ham admits his fear and guilt as a butcher and his feelings for Kate, while the priest -married to Hams sister- confesses to lusting after his neighbor’s wife. The sheep spy on them and flee, concluding that humans r easily frightened and ruled by their guilt.

Georges Sheep have now realized that Gabriel is raising his she to kill them for meat. Now that she are frightened and are trying to plan and escape from Gabriel. Othello and Zorra go to Melmoth to ask him if he can help all the sheep escape, but he sees this as unrealiastic and says it might work better to scare Gabriel so he doesn’t fatten them up and kill them.

Melmoth tells the story of what happened the night Ham the Butcher, and George chased after him. They found a dead body, McCarthy‘s body. They come to the realization that some villagers murdered him and they’ve come up with a plan to out the murderers using Hams CCTV. Melmoth reaffirm lamb on what she saw that night George was killed. Gabriel’s sheep try to eat George’s place bare but stop. Thanx to Lane?

Melmoth returns to the flock and Ritchfield knew that he had been back for a few days which is why he wouldn’t let the sheep Grace too early so they won’t run into him. Othello knows Melmoth from their time in the Circus and seems to know a darker side of him. Even Rithcfield says there nothing Melmoth won’t do.

Othello went into the Church. God a.k.a. the priest saw Ham, the butcher, who’s in a wheelchair. He sensed that the Butcher and God don’t get along, and God is scared of the butcher. Othello goes into the confessional box and God seems to confess sins to Othello. Othello finds a lot of similarities between the Church and the circus and he doesn’t like either the chapter ends in a dreamy, confusing gaze.

The strange woman’s name is Rebecca. Rebecca and Beth meet at Beth’s house to talk about George and the village. Othello, Mople, and Maple are listening by the window. Beth warns Rebecca of Ham - the butcher but also tells her that if she wants to know more he will know a lot more. Beth mentions how the butcher is pious and has a CCTV in his shop. 3 sheep are wondering why kids called George Goblin King?