Father Tim has produced a character very similar to Emma. Her name is Puny Bradshaw. Now, he has one woman at the office and a very similar one at his house. Puny was given her name when she was born because she “was sickly and puny-like.” Puny helps Father Tim around the house. She cooks, cleans, and helps take care of the garden.
When Father Tim arrives at the office, Uncle Billy is there to greet him. Father Tim discovers that Uncle Billy is an amazing artist. Even if he is struggling with health issues, never was educated, and only has three teeth. He showed a detailed pencil sketching of a “bird dog in a cornfield, a sky alive with quail, and, in the distance, a hunter with upraised shotgun against a background of late autumn trees.”
Father Tim and Barnabas went to see Miss Sadie who is doing well, but needs some help around her house with yard work and such. Father Tim suggest Dooley for the job and Miss Sadie agrees. They bought Dooley some new clothes, bathed him, and decided to put him in school. Now, Dooley was earning a little money and getting an education. The money he was earning, was to be saved for a fire engine red bike. Father tim held on to Dooley’s money for him.
At the beginning of this book, Father Tim was a very independent quiet man. Now, he is very involved with the people around him in the town of Mitford. He gets out more often and is quite social. This book has shown a progression in Father Tim’s life as he runs into unexpected things each and every day. 
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