Summary

In Chapter Thirty-Four: November to December 1918, Ethel wakes up on Armistice Day and wants to mend her marriage. He says Lloyd George will call a fast election. Ethel asks to manage Bernie’s campaign because she can get him into more informal settings. Later, Ethel realizes that all the men coming back will want to remove the women from their positions, but the women need wages too. They are surprised to learn that Lloyd George wants to keep the coalition government, and Bernie equates it to a monarchy. The Labour Party withdraws to campaign against the coalition.

In Part II, Maud writes to Walter. Lloyd George says that the peace treaty must be fair, but Maud finds a newspaper claiming that the Huns (Germans) must pay for the war. She attends a meeting, disappointed that she...