Book II, Part I - Passing Through Mexico: Chapter 49 Summary

There is a farewell party in Duluoz's honor on Saturday. Julien, Nessa and the kids join Duluoz and Alyce on board the S.S. Slovenia that is harbored at the Brooklyn Pier. The group spends the day celebrating Duluoz's last day in America. At dusk, Duluoz and Alyce are left alone again. After a nap, the pair goes into Brooklyn to a bar. Alyce wants to sail to Africa with Duluoz but knows it won't happen. Duluoz begins to tell Alyce that he sees horror everywhere and Alyce returns that he would not see such horror if he stayed with her.

Book II, Part I - Passing Through Mexico: Chapter 49 Analysis

Duluoz seems to have found a good mate in Alyce as she believes in him and...