Summary

September 2 1939

Pamela is expecting her fourth child in this chapter, and is hoping for a girl this time. She and Ursula discuss Maurice and the fact that he had two children. Pamela says that her boys didn’t get along with Maurice’s children because they didn’t know how to play at all. They discuss Edwina, Maurice’s wife. They figure she is a martyr to be his wife.

Ursula is working in London for the war office, just as she did in a previous timeline, though in much better circumstances. The instructor at Ursula’s college, attempting to sexually harass the female students, is outed by Ursula and all of her classmates. Ursula earns the admiration of all of her classmates and they tell her that she’s such a ‘rebel'...