Part 2, Chapter 9 Summary

The next morning, Lewis woke up with a hangover after drowning his election night sorrows. Lewis reports that the party had been awkward and he had not felt like being a good host. Toddy had gone to bed, leaving him alone with his misery. When his hangover finally clears up, Lewis begins to think beyond Election Day for the first time. Well-wishers who called to offer their consolations seemed to be disturbed that the Lewis had no plans on his agenda other than spending more time with his family. After three days of moping, Toddy dragged Lewis with her to the grocery store. But all the attention from strangers, which he had liked so much during the campaign, now deeply irritated Lewis. Toddy and Lewis decide move their family back to their home in northern Virginia, where they could all blend...