Part 3, Chapter 37 Summary

Ben's funeral is grand with all the family, including the Pentlands, there. Held in the Presbyterian Church and presided over by the Scotch Presbyterian minister, it concludes with the pallbearers carrying out the body and the interment in the cemetery. Eliza and Helen cry throughout. Eugene goes to the Barton house with Helen and her husband. Helen, upset and almost hysterical, swears that she will no longer look after her father.

Part 3, Chapter 37 Analysis

Ben was overlooked and exploited in his life, but he is given a grand going-away, which is, in itself, absurd.