Part 2: Chapters 14 and 15 Summary

The story now skips ahead four years and Claude is in his senior year at Cadbury College. Sitting in the library one day, he meets a beautiful young woman named Priscilla Powers, whom everyone calls Lady. Lady attends the local girls' college, Hollifield, where she is extremely active in social activities and organizations. Lady comes from a privileged background and Claude eventually learns that her grandfather, Senator Barnes, is also Catherine Fisk's grandfather, making Lady and Catherine first cousins.

Claude and Lady spend all their free time together and soon begin an intimate relationship. Claude meets Lady's parents at her graduation a few months later and Mr. and Mrs. Powers barely acknowledge his presence because he does not come from a socially prominent family.

After college, Claude returns to Mr. Weisfeld's store to spend time with his old mentor...