Cheri, Chapters 4, 5 and 6 Summary

Lea remembers her early days with Cheri during a summer spent at a country retreat in Normandy when she would feed him strawberries and cream and corn-fed chicken in attempts to fatten up his youthful, lanky frame. During one summer, Lea hires a former lover, Patron, to give Cheri boxing lessons. Lea watches the two men as they take swings at each other in the hot sun and cannot help comparing the strength of her former lover with the potential of her current one.

Lea, like most women, is struck by Cheri's beauty of blue-black hair, pale skin and dark eyes. Through all her years of experience, Lea has never had a man so beautiful or as secretive, as Cheri reveals nothing of his personal wishes, longings, or fears. The only way that Lea understands the depth of Cheri's...