Summary

In Chapter 25, Agnes brings Hector to the university where she works as a psychologist so that Hector can meet the professor of Happiness Studies. In the car on the way there, they discuss Agnes's level of happiness. She teaches Hector that sometimes, to determine your level of happiness, you have to compare your current self or your current life circumstances to your former self or your former life circumstances. They discuss family life and whether or not having children really makes a person happier. Agnes talks for a long while about family and how children should be brought up, and Hector can see that she's quite passionate about it. He again acknowledges that he gave up a very good woman in Agnes when he gave her up as a girlfriend. When they arrive at the university Hector appreciates the old-style architecture of the...