Summary

The packet Florence gave Dell in Chapter 51 had been mailed by Mildred. It contained a short note by Mildred, which she signed “Your old friend, Mildred R.” (298), informing Dell she would attend his parents’ trial. He also found a letter from Berner addressed to their house in Great Falls, and a copy of the Great Falls Tribune with a front-page story of the robbery. Dell read this account, and it gave him a painless ache but also a sense of relief that he now knew his parents’ fate.

Chapter 52 consists of the letter Berner had written Dell. She was living in San Francisco with some other people. Rudy never met up with her in Washington Square Park like he was supposed to do. She was not angry but told Dell she did not love Rudy. She was doing well overall, had changed...