Chapter 49 Summary

He goes back out to check his pots, and when he comes in there is a figure carving an "E" in the sand on the beach. Dick lets Tran and his new crewmember, Tony, go on shore, and he waits until Elsie gets to Spartina. She comes aboard and is all excited. She tells him things are going well at her mother's house in Boston, and then pulls up her sweater to show Dick her enlarged stomach. They eat at a restaurant and then go to the cabin where Elsie is staying. He asks about helping with some of the hospital expenses, but Elsie says that they have already talked about it, and she is doing fine financially. Dick explains that it is May's idea, and he thinks that probably May is right. It is somewhat Dick's responsibility. Elsie also tells Dick about...