Section 14: Volume 4, chapters 11-13 Summary

In chapter eleven, Emily returns to La Vallee where memories make her happy. She composes "To Autumn" while walking in the garden the day after her arrival. Emily visits Theresa and is happy to find that Theresa lives in a nice cottage that a kind friend provided to take care of Theresa when Emily was unable. When Theresa praises Valancourt, Emily asks Theresa not to mention him, but Theresa loves Valancourt because it was he who gave her the cottage and provides her with a quarterly allowance. When Emily learns that it has been a long time since Theresa heard from Valancourt, she asks Theresa to send a messenger to his steward to learn of his condition.

In chapter twelve, after enjoying themselves at Chateau de St. Foix, Count De Villefort and Blanche head toward La Vallee...