Summary

Book 5, Chapter 38: Henry and Catherine rent a room in a home in Montreux for the winter. They venture into the wooded areas around the chateau and sometimes into town. Henry reads the newspapers and learns that the war is still going on. They discuss getting married again and Catherine says that they can get married once she is thin again. A snowstorm blows in a few days before Christmas and they walk through the snow to enjoy it. Henry decides that he wants to grow a beard and learn how to ski.

Chapter 39: As the winter goes on, Henry’s beard grows in fully. Catherine is pleased with it and says that she will get all of her hair cut off after the baby is born and be a whole new woman for Henry. Though Catherine is very pregnant, she and Henry go for long...