Book Fifth: Chapters X - XVI Summary

The story's pace picks up during the next seven chapters. Chapters ten and eleven focus on Maud's continued attempts to control the behaviors of others. She attempts to convince Milly to remain in London, rather than return to the continent, as Milly is considering. As chapter eleven ends, Milly has made an appointment with a local doctors and requests that Kate accompany her. The doctor sees Milly twice, informing her that the condition is incurable and that she should leave London for a better climate in order to feel better as she endures her illness. As Milly walks the streets of London through chapter thirteen, she contemplates the remaining time she has and determines not to reveal the information to Kate, but, indeed, to leave London.

At a farewell dinner at Milly's hotel...