Section 6: Friday, May 24 (2 am) Summary

On Friday, May 24, at 2 am, they decide that B will speak again publicly the next night. Jared thinks of how to stall his return to America for a few days. B asks everyone to leave so she can talk to Jared alone, but her silence makes it obvious that she does not want to talk to him. She claims that he is one of the stupidest men she has ever known because he has so much mental equipment but puts it to such little use. Shirin cries when Jared, after learning that her relationship be B was simply a very close friendship, expresses the rarity of such a friendship. She will continue with his education from where Charles left off. Since they have little time for Jared's education, they must begin at a more elemental level. She...