Section VII (pages 181-210) Summary

In the beginning of section VII Richard attends a lecture given by Lentz. He remarks that Lentz has left the domains of solid research and gone into the realm of "speculative fantasy." Richard discovers from Diana that there have been advances in imaging technology allow for localization of neuron activity. Diana informs Richard that she read his book.

Richard describes his first few months being in the Netherlands with C. He is awkward with the language and customs, but he sees that C. is happier than she ever was in B. or U. The town they live in is referred to as E. Richard begins to understand C.'s difficulty when she lived in the States. He struggles to pick up the subtle nuances of language, customs, and dialect, as well as trying to remember the names...