The Last of Cheri, Chapters 1, 2 and 3 Summary

Cheri returns home one evening but hearing Edmee's reproachful voice in the house cannot bring himself to go inside. Cheri watches the lights in the house go out and knows Edmee is going to sleep to be up early in the morning. Cheri continues his walk and recalls his time in the recently ended World War I. When Cheri returns home, Edmee is on the telephone making yet another appointment for another one of her charity projects. Edmee is annoyed by the interruption, and her frustration is increased by Cheri's refusal to attend lunch the next day with some important people from the hospital where Edmee volunteers and for which she raises funds.

Cheri and Edmee have now been married for seven years, and Edmee has shed her submissive behavior in favor of...