In this scene, Dana leaves the plantation without her husband, Kevin. When Shewhenile returned to the present, Kevin was left in 1815 and decided to go north. Dana is called back to the plantation, as Rufus was putting his life in danger by arguing with Alice's husband. After returning to the plantation for a while, Dana finds out from Alice that Rufus didn't send the letters to Kevin as he promised. After thinking long and hard, Dana decides to run away. She didn't get very far before Rufus and his father found her (108-174). She was punished: “Her father came over and kicked me in the face. I fell into unconsciousness. I woke up bound hand and foot, my side throbbing rhythmically, my jaw not throbbing at all. The pain was a constant scream. I probed with my tongue and found that two teeth on the right side were missing” (174). Dana endures all this pain, loses a lot of blood, and is lied to, but in the end she is strong enough to survive. All she wanted was to be with her husband and she was willing to risk her life just to see her husband again. To some this may seem like a stupid thing to risk your life for, but Butler wanted to show that Dana was willing to survive anything just to get back to her husband and introduce her.