Chapter 22 Summary

Miranda also contracts pneumonia as of the result of the Mary Clinton disaster, and she is taken to recover at the Van Ryn's home on Stuyvesant St. While she is under the care of Dr. Francis and Jeff, he also sends for Abigail, and Peggy arrives two days later as well.

Ten days pass before Miranda is fully conscious, and she senses instinctively that Nicholas is dead. Then she is told that, while Katrine has been provided for, she is the heir to his estate. She decides to deed everything to the child, have Dragonwyck demolished, and give the land to the tenant farmers.

Jeff tells Dr. Francis that even though Nicholas is a hero in the eyes of the public because he rescued three people from the shipwreck, he was also a murderer, and he comments that the disaster took place because...