Chapter 15 Summary

Jimmie crosses to a town called Kaluah where he hears nuns praying. He skirts the chapel and comes to a two-story house. There, he drinks some milk and eats a little beef. Down the hall, he can see a nun who is dying. She is sitting in a high-backed chair. He fights the urge to give himself up to her as a surrender of special merit. He decides to go to bed and finds a room that has been labeled for guests. He closes the door gently and goes to sleep. When he wakes it is daylight, and he thinks he hears Dulcie's voice. He waits to go out until later that day when he can only hear the chant of the nuns. He eats and drinks in the kitchen again. Then he goes back to his bed and falls into delirium.

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