Summary

from Fabienne’s own perspective, she is as blunt and cruel as usual. She warns Agnès that Jacques “is a boy and soon he will be a man. Men have very changeable hearts” (213). The other students, all older girls, arrive at Woodsway. They are refined and inquisitive; many of them are foreign. Agnès settles into a routine at the school. She takes lessons from Mrs. Townsend, visits London, and begins to learn English. Jacques (Fabienne) lovingly writes that he hopes to visit Agnès, while Fabienne tells her that Jacques “thinks he is in love with you, but I doubt that in six months he will remember you” (227). Agnès wonders which letter represents Fabienne’s true feelings.

M. Lambert, the photographer who approached Agnès at the train platform, arrives at Woodsway. He predicts that the media will soon tire...