Part 4, Chapter 24 Summary

A short time later after running into Stafford again, Colin sees Margaret walking with him. Colin has an inkling that his fate is sealed as he watches Margaret and Stafford drive away together in his car.

Colin spends the next couple of weeks trying to get in touch with Margaret but to no avail. Every time he calls her on the phone, she is out; every time he goes to visit her, she's not at home. He's always told that she's out shopping but Colin believes that she's really on a date with Stafford.

On top of the concern Colin is feeling for his relationship with Margaret, comes his father's comments about his teaching job. He intimates that teaching will be so easy for Colin that he will never have challenge in his position. Colin interprets this as Harry's disapproval of...