Villette Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 36, The Apple of Discord Summary

Chapter 36, The Apple of Discord Summary

Lucy is happy to be friends with M. Paul. Though they have long been friends, to have it clearly said is reassuring. Lucy is eager to speak to him again. The next day he gives a quiet lesson and hurries away with only a passing nod. Soon after is the day that Lucy normally receives her lesson from him, but he moves from talking to the students to working in the garden to playing with the dog, Sylvie. Though Lucy waits, he leaves without speaking to her.

The next day, Lucy opens her desk and finds a new lilac pamphlet. It is a religious article on Romanism, and Lucy finds it well written and interesting. Although she disagrees with much of the doctrine of the Catholic Church, the pamphlet addresses those aspects of the Church that she does find appealing, and she believes it was written by a good person....
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