Chapters 41-45 Summary and Analysis

Mike, now Alberta, wants to get married but Frank wants to live an exciting life. Alberta breaks up with him, telling him that at 28 he should be settled down, but Frank does not want to live a mirror image of Zoe's life. Alberta tells Frank there is someone else and he spends the night wandering New York, wondering how he has lived this long in a state of ignorance. At his brother's bar Frank speaks to a few people but the remind him of the patrons of the Biltmore that looked down on him so many years ago. Frank wonders what his students would think of him, considering himself a fraud.

In Chapter 42, Alberta takes Frank back, convincing him to move forward with his life. Though he had longed for her while she was away, the thought of marriage...