Chapter 10 Summary

Quoyle returned to the hotel one day to find his aunt putting on her coat, a large bundle at her feet. The children were at Dennis and his wife Beety's house. The aunt's dog Warren had died but she was ready to give Quoyle some good news. Dennis said it would take him just two weeks to get the house ready and she had negotiated the bachelor room next door as an additional room for them at no additional cost. Quoyle still felt hesitant about living way out on the point in the family home.

As they were talking, Nutbeem knocked on the door. He wanted to finish his boating stories and the aunt suggested they go down to the restaurant and eat. Nutbeem started in about boating and went on and on, told of his dream to sail around the world and...