Summary

Chapter 6: Susan and Oliver are wed. Augusta did not attend. She had her first child a month before and said she was not well enough to travel. Susan writes letters to Augusta apologizing for her husband. Lyman finds it aggravating that she speaks of her husband in an unflattering way to her friend. He believes Susan bows down too much to what Augusta thinks and feels. After their marriage and honeymoon, Oliver leaves Susan at her parents’ house to prepare a house for them in New Almaden in California. Susan hires a servant to take west with her. The girl was abused by her husband and has a seven-month-old baby and is eager to go west. Oliver finally sends word the house is done, but sends no money for her train fare. Susan must use money from her savings to pay for her and the...