Chapters 11 and 12 Summary

In Chapter 11, Miss Cornelia tells Anne that her friend had her eighth baby. Miss Cornelia's cousin, Flora, has eleven children. Her husband committed suicide and left her to raise all those children by herself. Just like a man! He jumped in their well. Flora didn't feel right ever using the well again so she had another well dug. There have only been two suicides in Four Winds. The other was Frank West, Leslie Moore's father. Leslie's life has been a tragedy. Miss Cornelia is happy that Anne and Leslie met and plan to see one another.

Leslie's father was Frank West. He was shiftless like most men. He dropped out of college and returned to Four Winds and married Rose Elliot. Rose was beautiful but lazy and selfish. They had two children, Leslie and Kenneth who was four years younger than...