Chapters 15-16 Summary

In Chapter Fifteen, Minke learns that he may be expelled from school and also that Robert Suurhof is spreading rumors about him to try to bring him to public disgrace, yet he is not particularly concerned about this, feeling that he is strong enough to handle anything. With this bad news, he also learns good news. The local newspaper, S.N. v/dD, hires him to work part time writing. Shortly after this, he has a meeting with Dr. Martinet where they discuss Annelies' health and the doctor provides a psychological interpretation of her, even though he is not a psychologist by training. In the course of this, he tells Minke that Annelies is dominated by her fears, especially her anxiety at the thought of losing him. He tells him "to leave her would mean to break her." He then grills...