Summary

Chapter 17 opens with Nan realizing that she is pregnant. When she goes to Westlands to tell Simon, he is very sympathetic. Yet, he gives her money for an abortion and makes it clear that their relationship is over. Nan takes the bus back to Dublin, changes clothes, and searches the pubs until she finds the guys in her group. Jack is upset that Benny is not there again, having forgotten that she did plan to be in town that night. Jack and Nan decide to attend a dance together that evening, and Benny spends the evening with Eve. The following day, Benny runs into Jack, and he apologizes for forgetting that she was in town. When he tells her he went to the dance with Nan, she is very relieved, thinking she has nothing to worry about. Back in Knockglen, Heather is happily...