Chapter 29, Marx Summary

Hilde has been reading the book all day. Now she begins her plot to get back at her father. Hilde calls up her friend, Anne Kvamsdal, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hilde tells Anne about the book in the ring binder and Sophie and the other characters and gets Anne to cooperate in arranging certain tricks on Hilde's father when he passes through the Copenhagen airport. Then Hilde returns to reading about Sophie's world. Sophie calms her mother down about Sophie taking lessons from Alberto. They are waiting for the Midsummer Eve party, where Sophie's mother will meet Alberto Knox, the philosophy teacher. The next day, Sophie, together with Joanna, work on preparing the Philosophical Garden party. That evening, Alberto calls Sophie again on the phone. Alberto is scheming for a way for him and Sophie to escape from the Major's story. It...