Part 10 Section 30 Summary

The date is August 20th. The first thing the narrator relates is that Douglas did later have a son—her father—with his second wife, her grandmother: Her father had spent his first decade in India and then, upon Indian Independence, returned to England with most of the remaining British (and later became an antique dealer). After Douglas died, his second wife, Tessie, moved in with her sister, Beth Crawford: they kept in touch with friends still in India like the Minnies, but most of their generation was now long dead.

Chid is now the one anxious to return to England, but his health is not improving. The narrator helps him into a crowded hospital ward, where he gets a real bed.

Part 10 Section 30 Analysis

Chid, the first in his family to visit India, is anxious to leave and...