Pies secos, pies mojados

Robbin is the kind of person who tells the truth without knowing it. She's the most honest character in the book. She just doesn't know she is.

The town knew before they knew. That's how small places work. The official story arrives after everyone has already decided what happened.

Alma says this at the end of chapter one and she's talking about the voices around her — gossip, rumor. But she's also talking about the whole book.