Chapter 9 Summary

Juke's home is raided by the police while Annie is there. They recover items stolen from students. The subject is being discussed over lunch by the Dean, Harriet, Miss Lydgate and others.

The end of the term is near and the investigation has not progressed very far. Miss de Vine and Harriet have a discussion about making mistakes and the fact that writing is an emotional experience.

Lord Saint George invites Harriet to lunch claiming he is still upset over what he said at their prior meeting. When she goes to St. Aldate to meet him, she finds that he has been in an accident and is hospitalized. Saint George had made arrangements for one of his friends, Mr. Danvers, to take Harriet to lunch. After the lunch, she goes to visit Saint George and brings him his mail, a letter from Uncle...