Section 10 Summary

"The Center Board"

March 1973. Catherine attends a farewell dinner party thrown for her by Harry. Other guests include Blanche, Llewellyn and Lily. Catherine reveals that she's going to Algeria and Harry becomes upset, reacting negatively to the thought that she'll be surrounded by Arabs (Harry and his family are Jewish). An argument erupts when the conversation turns to Mordecai and it's revealed not only that Mordecai is Harry's father, but there's been bad blood between the two men for years. As dinner draws to a close, Llewellyn takes Catherine aside and asks whether she's still willing to help him obtain the piece of the Service. She expresses her doubts, but he tells her that the current owner of the piece is a woman, and that he and his client both believe that another woman has the best chance of convincing her to sell...