What does the orchard keeper do on a snowy morning involving the peach pit?

The orchard keeper wakes up early in the morning and goes outside. Nothing is stirring; everything is quiet. He goes back into house, picks up an old magazine, and drifts into thought while he mechanically turns its pages. It had been snowing, but has just recently stopped. He sees a bright red cardinal dart across the white landscape. After some time, he goes out and begins cutting down and dragging trees to the peach pit where Kenneth Rattner's body was dumped.