He made his way to her and asked her what was wrong. She started crying and held out her bandaged arm. When she took off the bandage, Brackley saw that the woman's hand had been hacked off. Did she know the person who had done this terrible thing, he asked. The lawlessness appalls Brackley.
Bands of outlaws roam the rural areas as well as the cities, preying on the helpless.
There are bands of people still out there. He tells another story, this one of men who hijacked a bus full of people. They robbed the passengers and set most of them free. But they kept several women, whom they drove to the woods and raped. After they were finished, the men returned to the community where they lived, the same community the women resided.