Chapter 11 Summary

The affair goes on for about eight months before Barbara learns of it in November. Barbara marks the date, Guy Fawkes Night, with two gold stars. Sheba invites Barbara to dinner with the family and then to Primrose Hill to watch the fireworks. Sheba begs Barbara to come because she needs the moral support. Things have not been going well with the family since Polly's return. Sheba cannot find any acceptable school that will take Polly. They have hired a tutor to teach Polly in the meantime. When the tutor is not there, Polly spends the rest of the day making her parents miserable.

Barbara arrives early and is given a cold greeting by Polly. She finds Sheba looking at some steaks, trying to decide if they are all right to cook. Richard is picking up his ex-wife and their two daughters for...