The grandmother, the anonymous but central character in Flannery'O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find," is shown preparing a trip to Florida with his family. During the preparations, she smuggles her cat, Pitty Sing, in to join them on the trip against the wishes of her son Bailey. Grandma also briefly notices the recent escape of the famous outlaw calling himself The Misfit, whom she expresses concern about meeting on the road. During their trip, they stop briefly at a restaurant known as The Tower, where she forms a brief relationship with the owner, Red Sam. In short, they commiserate over their mutual agreement that the world has been morally degraded since ancient times. Continuing the journey after leaving the restaurant, Grandma suggests stopping at a nearby plantation from her childhood. Grandma recounts a childhood rumor that the house contains a secret panel filled with money. To Bailey's dismay and Grandma's delight, the children demand that they stop there. After a long search of the house, Grandma pleading profusely, she insists that The Misfit is a man of good Southern aristocratic blood who would never harm a lady. The Misfit refuses the title of good man, but recognizes that he is not the worst of men and begins to treat Grandma with jerky politeness. As his family is led one by one toward slaughter, his increasingly desperate pleas for civility take on a religious tone. The Misfit has his own pious feelings, but considers justification for his sin to be either very important or impossible. Unable to act in faith, he tells her that if he could be sure of his salvation, he would not be what he is now. This tortured explanation touches grandmother, and she addresses him as if she were her own child. The Misfit recoils in horror and kills her without hesitation, and Grandma dies.