Summary

In Chapter 10, Alden Brown, a mining engineer, meets them at the station. He and Mattie have been married for seven years. Mamah had believed that Mattie was crazy to marry a younger man who seemed all wrong. He lived in tents and on mining sites, while Mattie had traveled to Paris and New York. She married him at thirty-two. Alden tells her that Mattie is on doctor’s orders to rest in the afternoons. Mamah introduces Mattie to the children.

The next morning Mamah admires the landscapes Mattie has hanging on the staircase landing. She takes one of the pictures to Mattie and asks her to explain it to her. It appears to be a black and white painting on first glance. Mattie explains that she studied photography in New York with a man who used the method. You print a picture...