Part Two, Chapter Thirteen Summary

Charis and Felix are in bed together in a hotel room. While Charis gets out of bed, she thinks about how the affair has been going on for a few weeks. She feels guilt as she inserts a primitive contraceptive device, and she thinks how she and Felix never speak of Gabriel. This thought begins a back-flash to the beginning of the affair.

The previous summer Felix and Charis become friends, and they often talk by the pond. One day Felix kisses Charis. Both are shocked, and Felix immediately apologizes. They get over their embarrassment in the coming days, but the feelings remain and the flirting escalates. One day Felix develops a plan for the two of them to go away and stay at a hotel posing as husband and wife.

After they leave the hotel Felix...