Summary

In Chapter 25, a man named Matt Ridout comes to see Nora. Matt explains he was James’s best man for the wedding. He calls Nora “Leo” –a nickname that only James called her. He explains he and James became friends at Cambridge University. Matt explains that even with James’s success on the stage, he never sold out. Matt says that there must have been a reason that James went up to the hen, because guys do not crash their bride-to-be’s hens; and because James and Clare had not been getting along well lately. All Matt can think is that someone asked James to come. Matt promises to keep in touch as he leaves.

In Chapter 26, Nina sneaks into Nora’s room with some real clothing so Nora does not have to wear her hospital gown any longer, and leaves Nora some money...