Part 5 Chapter 2 Summary

Alexandra arrives in Lincoln and stays at the Lindell Hotel, where she used to stay when she visited Emil at the university. She strolls around campus and it brings back memories of Emil, especially when she talks to a beautiful farm boy from Cherry County.

The prison is a horrible place. The warden, a cheerful German, brings Frank to Alexandra. Frank has changed much for the worse; he is almost no longer human. He tells Alexandra he did not mean to murder Emil and Marie. Alexandra says they were more to blame than Frank.

Alexandra asks him if he is mad at her. He says that he knew at least three years ago that Marie was no longer in love with him. Now he has grown to hate her because she made him kill a fine young man. Alexandra wonders what...