Chapter 11 Summary

Jenny graduates from Radcliffe on Wednesday, an event many members of her family attend, although she and Oliver make the choice not to tell any of her relatives about their impending wedding, since they do not intend to invite many of them and do not want to offend anyone. Oliver graduates on Thursday, the ceremony attended by only Jenny and Phil. Jenny and Oliver get married the following Sunday in a small ceremony attended by only a few close friends and Phil. The wedding consists of Jenny and Oliver saying a short poem to each other, hers a poem by Elizabeth Barrett and his, a more difficult choice, one by Walt Whitman. The reception takes place at a local bar where Oliver allows Phil to pick up the tab, a fact that wins Oliver Jenny's appreciation. Later, when Phil boards a bus for...