Chapter 17 Summary

On a regular Sunday evening, as their work is done in the clinic and the dog carcasses are loaded into the car, David and Bev talk. Bev thinks David is used to a different kind of life, sleeping with different women in the city. David is amazed at how women talk; Lucy must have told Bev all about her father's misfortunes with women. David grazes his finger across Bev's lips, and a flame is ignited. The next day, when the clinic is closed, Bev calls David to meet her at the clinic. They meet and make love on a blanket on the floor. David imagines that Bev has been preparing for this for many Sundays, to make love to a man who comes from the city and from a different way of life. David lets her do the things she wants to do...