Chapter 18 Summary

Connie decides to leave Venice on the same day that Mellors leaves Wragby and then go to London to see him. She writes to his London address to tell him of her plans. She tells her father that she may never go back to Wragby and then announces that she is going to have a child. Her father is pleased for her that she has "had a real man at last." (Chapter 18, page 283)

Mellors meets Connie in London, and suddenly she feels happier than she has felt since she left for Venice. She tells Mellors that she is going to have a child. She taunts him by asking him if she should go back to Wragby and give Clifford an heir. Mellors asks her what she wants, and she tells him that she wants to live with him. They talk about living together...