Part 2, Chapter 10 Summary

Jeff suddenly finds his life crowded with people he likes and things he wants to do, and feels that life is rich. He spends a lot of time at the Tillerman's farmhouse, and meets Dicey's sister Maybeth, whose quiet, gentle ways and beautiful singing voice charm him. Wilhemina tells Jeff that Dicey and her siblings traveled alone all the way from Connecticut after their mother was put into a mental hospital. Jeff is impressed with their courage and also likes the person he is around them, and likes trying to figure out what each is feeling and how best to interact with them. He realizes he is good at it. When Dicey's mother dies, and she turns inside herself, he knows to leave her alone, because she is as private and solitary in her grief as the Professor. Phil and Andy...