Chapter 4, Part 1 Summary

Julian and Caroline drive to the country club, holding hands and sharing a happy mood after making love this afternoon. Julian talks about wanting children, and Caroline wants to wait another year. She talks about another woman who has ruined her teeth by having children. Suddenly, a cross-link on one of the tire chains breaks, and Julian says he will stop and fix it now, while he is still sober.

Caroline is alarmed by this remark and begs him not to get drunk. She says that she will come outside with him at the intermission of tonight's party at the Lantenengo Country Club. She does not expect him not to drink, she assures him. She just wants him not to get drunk. She will come out to the car with him as she used to when they dated, even though they...