Chapter Six Summary

Rachel relates her meeting Mark the first time at a Christmas party given by her friend Betty Searle. Betty warned Rachel about Mark, saying he was trouble, but there was an attraction that could not be denied. Rachel and Mark had gone out to dinner and then to bed, staying there for about three weeks. The relationship progressed with romance and love, and Rachel and Mark commuted back and forth between New York and Washington each weekend. On one such visit Rachel had found evidence of another woman in Mark's apartment and he became defensive and they broke up. Rachel moved back to New York and went on with life, hurt but happy.

After two months Mark returned to Rachel's life claiming that he made a horrible mistake and begging Rachel to give him another chance, begging her at every opportunity...