Part 1: Chapter 6 Summary

This chapter is a flashback to Sid and Charity's courtship. Larry has heard the story so many times that he feels it is a part of his memory, even though he didn't know them at the time. Charity as a young woman claims to have gone up to Folsom Hill to get away from Sid, but at the same time Charity tells her mother and aunt that Sid is a pushover. Sid has sent a letter saying he will be passing through and would like to drop in. Her mother tells her that if she doesn't want him around she should discourage him immediately and firmly.

Sid is at the end of his first year as an English graduate student when he arrives at Battell Pond to meet Charity's family. He stumbles across Charity's father's think house, a shack in the...