Festus is about to bring an armload of firewood into the cabin when he drops it all in front of the door so that he could help Sweeney when he stumbled. Sweeney goes inside to lie down and he shuts the door. Several minutes go by with Sweeney threatening one nun, asking where the money is hidden. Then he threatens the other nuns that come in, leaving the door wide open. The Reverend Mother gives him the money because he said he would kill one of the nuns. Sweeney gets away and Festus never shows up to bring in the wood, or he would have caught Sweeney and saved the nuns and money.,