Part 3, Chapter 14 Summary

Chatterton pulls a boy from the wrecked house and discovers he is a street urchin who has a birth defect called hydrocephalus. Chatterton saves him and gives him a coin to buy some food with and promises to return to him the next day. Chatterton never returns.

Edward, Phillip, and Vivien are in the country on one of their Sunday drives. Phillip and Vivien discuss the portrait and Chatterton manuscripts Vivien gave to Harriet. Vivien regrets having given them away now and wants to set things right. Phillip decides to go back to Bristol and talk with the owner of the papers and try to find out the truth. Then he will convince Harriet to give him the papers so he can return them to the owner.

Chatterton goes out with his friend that night and tells him of the simple...