Chapters 25-28 Summary

In Chapter 25, Gerald and Birkin talk about whether Gerald ought to marry Gudrun at the same time that Ursula and Birkin marry. They agree that legal marriage is a sham, and Birkin says that the union between men and women is not the last word, but there should be a union between men, as well, and he asks Gerald if he will enter a blood-brotherhood with him. He cannot accept Birkin's offer, not yet.

In Chapter 26, Ursula and Birkin buy a chair for their house, but Birkin wants to travel, not to settle in one place, and they find a young couple to give the chair to, rather than keep it themselves. The young woman is a brash sort, with control over her man, but Ursula says that the man has a rat-like separateness and crafty resistance to him, and she...