This chapter is definitely an important one for the plot of the novel. Both Chigurh and Moss were shot in the last chapter. In this chapter the two of them both get treatment, but in different ways. Chigurh treats himself, while Moss relies on a hospital. Even though Moss is undoubtedly worse off than Chigurh I think the ways they handle being hurt reflect how prepared they are. Moss doesn't really know what he is getting into, while Chigurh acts like he's done it before.
The most important part of this chapter, at least in my eyes, is the introduction of Carson Wells. Wells is a hired gun basically. He is hired to find the money and bring it back to its' owner. Carson tracks down Moss with relative ease. He explains to Llewelyn exactly who Chigurh is and what Chigurh does to people he meets.
I think Wells is important for a few reasons. The first is that he connects all of the characters. He has ties with the mob or cartel, Chigurh, and now Moss. He is the one person who seems to be in the middle of it all.
Carson is also similar to Chigurh and Moss. Wells was in the military like Moss and Wells is a killer like Chigurh. I personally think that Wells was the one person who could have killed Chigurh. Wells knows Chigurh very well. He understands that Chigurh does not let people live. Wells shows how fearless he is during his final encounter with Chigurh. He doesn't really back down and keeps the pressure on Chigurh. All of it was for nothing though because he dies just a little while later at the hands of Chigurh.
Another feature that Wells shares with Chigurh is the fact that he believes in fate or predestination or something of the sort. When Wells finds the bullet hole in the old lady's calendar he knows that it is significant, but I don't think he realizes why. When he faces Chigurh he then understands that that date was to be the day that he was killed.
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