Chapter 34 Summary

One day during the winter Tert Card asked Quoyle to join him at a bar around the corner for a drink. Quoyle didn't want to, but rather wanted to go get his kids and go home to the Burkes' house, which he was renting for the winter. He gave in for one quick drink. Card talked about the bad weather and that he's seen worse. Then he told Quoyle that he was leaving the paper, and moving to St. John's for another job. He said that Billy would be taking over for him.

It was approaching Christmas, not Quoyle's favorite time of year, and Bunny told him she was performing in a pageant with Dennis and Beety's daughter, Marty. Quoyle and Sunshine were in attendance at the packed auditorium. Quoyle tried to watch for Wavey but didn't see her. Bunny and Marty came...