Chapter II Summary and Analysis

In Chapter II, Luddy, Ms. Hepburn meets her future husband, Luddy while living in New York taking voice lessons. She is dating H. Phelps Putnam when she first meets Luddy. Phelps is married at this time and both he and Ms. Hepburn have little money. Dr. Hepburn tells Phelps he will shoot him if he lays a hand on his daughter. This could have had little to nothing to do with how things turned out for the two but eventually the relationship turns into more of a friendship. When the relationship with Phelps ends, Ms. Hepburn begins to spend more time with Jack Clarke and Luddy. Soon Ms. Hepburn and Luddy are dating.

In the section titled, "Early Career," Ms. Hepburn describes how she had little trouble getting acting jobs. However keeping them was quite another story. She did...