Chapter 10 Summary

Jo spends much of her time preparing for the upcoming holiday, and Daniel is busy with preparing for his ministerial role in the Christmas celebrations and religious observances.

Jo and Eli have an appointment to meet for coffee. As the appointment nears Jo feels excited and fantasizes about the possibilities. Jo picks a location in another town, and when the two meet, they discuss the state of their respective marriages. Eli says that he and Jean give each other a great deal of space. They got married late and knew that the only way the marriage could work is to give each other plenty of space to lead individual lives. Jo says her marriage is the opposite. She says that as the years have passes she and Daniel have become more and more involved in each other's individual lives, perhaps too involved.

The...