Pages 339 - 358 Summary

Phoebe has met a boy named Robert, who is social and happy, and she wants to marry him. They are all on a bus headed for a dance at the Upaide Down Society; Al is tired from work and Caroline is tired of having him gone so much. The facility's director has warned Caroline that Phoebe is starting to discover her sexuality. Caroline has learned of a secret bank account in her name, and that David has been dead for three months. Al and Caroline dance like they did when they were younger. Phoebe is on a waiting list for residence in a facility for others like her.

Caroline finds Phoebe and Robert in an erotic embrace and explains to her that she cannot get married, although Phoebe naively thinks that she and Robert can buy a house and have babies...