Summary

Chapter 14

Adela and the narrator return to the Brook Farm house. and he explains everything to her. At the house they find Simon sitting up, waiting, apparently wanting the talk about the incident. The narrator sits with him and learns that Eric had confronted Edith and Simon when they returned to the house. The narrator tries to reason with Simon and asks him not to continue the affair. He reminds him he is also married, but Simon seems to have little concern that his wife will find out. As they are talking, Edith rushes in, surprising Simon and the narrator. She tells them that Eric has told Charles what happened. In answer to his request that he leave Edith alone, Simon takes her in his arms and kisses her.

The setting skips forward several months to the wedding of the narrator and Adela. They...