Chapters 27 and 28 Summary and Analysis

On the morning of June 7th, Ted escapes during an escorted trip to the law library in Aspen. Ted manages to drop out of one of the library windows while under the watch of a new guard unfamiliar with Ted's cunning ways. A woman passing by the library reports Ted's escape but Ted manages to make his way into the mountains before search parties can be organized to track him. Ted, unaware of mountain passes and terrains, does not make a straight path to freedom but rather circles back toward Aspen where he is apprehended six days later driving a stolen Cadillac.

Soon after the recapture, Ted learns that Meg is involved with another man. Ted's misery is short lived and Ann learns that another woman named Carole Ann Boone has become Ted's female companion and champion.

Ted's escape...