Chapter 33 Summary

Rose becomes very ill, with a very high fever. For weeks they fear that she will die, and Oliver and Mrs. Maylie attend her bedside. Oliver is sent on an errand to send a letter for Mrs. Maylie, and happens upon a man who acts to be in a fit of madness. He is quite rude to Oliver, and frightens him. After many weeks of illness, Rose recovers.

Chapter 33 Analysis

Oliver has become a member of Mrs. Maylie's family, and is very saddened by Rose's illness. The madman in this chapter frightens Oliver, but he soon forgets it. But we will see this character again.