Chapter 6 Summary

Nick meets Leo after work, and Nick is impressed at seeing Leo in a business suit. They go to Leo's home, where he lives with his mother and sister. Leo warns Nick that his family is very religious. Mrs. Charles, Rosemary, Nick and Leo eat dinner, and Mrs. Charles questions Nick about his education, teases him about being so young and makes him promise to meet the Prime Minister. After dinner, Nick and Leo go to see Scarface, but they cannot sit together because the movie is so crowded. The Feddens are out on constituency business in Barwick, so Nick invites Leo to Kensington Park Gardens, where they end up in Nick's bed.

Chapter 6 Analysis

Nick notices that the Charles family eats dinner promptly at 5:45 every night. Nick realizes that this is a class distinction, as the Feddens eat dinner at least three...