It is one month before the election, and Helen is due to give birth in three weeks. Matthew and Bunny discuss Matthew’s options, and they determine that the only way forward is for Matthew to plan to tell her the truth about his former self when the baby is born and to have his plane ready in case she rejects him. 

In Richmond, two days before the election, Snobbcraft is home, preparing for his ascendency to the role of Vice President, when Dr. Buggerie insists that he speak with Snobbcraft immediately about his report. They meet in Snobbcraft’s study, where Dr. Buggerie gives Snobbcraft a summary of his findings. Dr. Buggerie’s research has proven that most American families have mixed blood in their ancestry, even Snobbcraft’s own family and the family of Rev. Givens; Snobbcraft’s enraged response to this shocking revelation predicts the reactions of the nation at large, so Dr. Buggerie insists that the documentation of all of his research must be destroyed; otherwise, the Democrats will be lost. 

When the two men rush to the Anglo-Saxon Headquarters to set fire to the documents, they find the six security guards “neatly trussed up and gagged” (121) and the vault empty. Snobbcraft is relieved to learn that the masses of papers will make it difficult for the thieves to collate the information in time to impact the election, until he asks Dr.