Summary

Chapter 4

After dating Charles for a short while, Edith begins to attract attention in the popular press, including photographs, profiles and appearances on television talk shows. Soon she has become somewhat famous, but begins to "believe her own publicity," (p. 38) mistakenly thinking she is drawing all the attention because she has an interesting life, rather than just being famous for being famous.

The narrator runs into Edith at a restaurant having lunch. She somewhat desperately asks if he will come to Sussex the following weekend for a dinner party at Broughton Hall. He suspects the dinner is to announce their engagement, but she does not confirm his suspicion.

The narrator goes to the dinner, attending with David and Isabel, who are excited to finally have been invited to Broughton Hall socially but are trying to conceal their excitement. At the dinner, he meets Charles'...