He decides to visit the washerwoman on Mondays with the hope that she will take more interest in his sermons, but still she sleeps. He does notice though, that his laundry is coming back whiter than before.
Another person he notices while preaching is Thomas Weir, the carpenter, who sits perched in the organ loft. He often goes to visit Thomas at his shop, and they continue their conversations about God.
But there is one person he never sees in the congregation, and that is Thomas's daughter Catherine, the woman from the shop. He still goes to the shop to buy tobacco, but she never wants to talk to him.
Catherine's son, the little boy who wants to be a painter, always comes to church with his aunt and grandfather.
From the pulpit, the vicar sees Judy sitting beside her grandmother Mrs. Oldcastle. While Mrs. Oldcastle never changes her expression during the sermon, Judy at times looks uncharacteristically serious.
