Chapters 57-65 Summary

Philip takes the waitress, Mildred, to dinner and a comedy. Philip finds the comedy beneath him, but Mildred enjoys it. Philip goes with Mildred on the train to her stop and walks her as far as the corner of the street where she lives. Mildred stops him and insists that she can walk the rest of the way alone. Philip asks her out again and she agrees. Philip goes home and plays the whole evening in his mind over and over. Mildred is beneath him and he finds many of her mannerisms disgusting, but Philip realizes he is in love with her. It is inexplicable, but he cannot help himself. The next morning Philip rises early so that he can meet Mildred's train and walk her to work. Mildred is not happy with him and insists that she must walk too...