Book 7: Chapter 3 Summary

Mrs. Glegg wants Maggie to come and live with her because she feels that the family should stand by one of its own. She scolds Tom for not standing by his sister. She says Maggie can live with her, and she will defend her. Maggie turns the offer down and asks her mother to thank her aunt. The only person she can see right now, she says, is Dr. Kenn.

Her concern now is about Philip, and no one seems to know what is going on with him. His father is not talking. At last she gets a letter from him, in which he reveals that he had figured out that there was strong feeling between her and Stephen but that regardless of what others say, he has faith in her and that she has been a blessing to him, and...