Pages 36-70 Summary

We remain in the past. Max and Ursula accept a Christmas invitation from the O'Keefe's and invite them, in turn, to spend New Year's at Beau Allaire. Both gatherings are successful and filled with good cheer. We learn that Polly's cousin Kate is staying with the family at Benne Seed while Polly's brother Charles goes to stay with Kate's parents, Dennys and Lucy, in order to attend a high school with a better science program. Kate is beautiful and very popular at school; she attends all the dances and always has a trail of boys behind her. She is responsible enough, however, to call her aunt and uncle when she needs a ride, rather than be driven home by someone stoned or intoxicated.

We move back to the present in Athens. Polly finishes two cups of coffee in the square and...