Chapter Seven: You Have Failed Me Summary

Will and Warthrop return home, and when Will asks to go to the market for food, the two argue briefly, as Warthrop asks if food is all Will thinks about. Will tries to explain that he also tries to understand the doctor, and all the doctor teaches. He is dismissed by Warthrop, however, and allowed to the market. Will cleans up, and asks if the doctor has seen his hat. After a long philosophical debate, where Warthrop gives permission to buy a new hat, and Will notes he doesn't want a new hat, but the one his father gave him, Will is finally allowed to leave. As he walks into town, Will wonders why he has never run away, but in the end, Will knows he did not leave because all they had...