Chapters Thirty-Eight and Thirty-Nine Summary

Huw and Bron spend happy years together as her boys grow up. Huw is a successful woodworker. Bron has marriage offers, and Huw knows it is right for her to move on, but feels pain at the thought. Bron tells him that she has loved being with him partly because he is so much like Ivor. She and Huw discuss the barriers, including the law, which have kept them from marrying. He knows he would be wrong to ever have pursued anything with Bron because Ivor is all around her. He tells her he is not jealous of Mr. Harries, but she seems hurt that he is not still besotted with her, goes to bed vowing she will never marry, and locks her door. Matt Harries tells Huw that people are gossiping that he is the reason...