Chapters 41 through 44 Summary

Chapter 41

Bumby was recovering from whooping cough. Hadley and Pauline would often bicycle on a seaside road that cut through the cliff. Pauline stayed cheerful as if they were still friends. Hadley wasn't sure if they ever were. When the lease at the villa ended, they rented two rooms at a hotel. Hadley and Ernest were in one and Pauline in the other. Hadley suspected that Pauline was visiting Ernest in an office room he rented.

Pauline told Hadley she suggested that they move to the states back to her home town in Arkansas. It would be much cheaper for them. Ernest needed to write another novel because they'd be running out of money. Paris was too expensive. Hadley said he'd never move to there but Pauline said he was in favor of it. Hadley was angry and hurt by Pauline's...