History 2 Summary

Charles describes his shock at seeing Hartley again, and the flurry of thoughts that race through his mind, with whether she's a widow and whether she's happy being the primary ones. Those particular questions haunt his sleep that night and his waking the following morning, leading him to search the town for her. At first, his search is fruitless, and he stops into a church to pray, for the first time since he was a child, that he find Hartley and be allowed to make her happy. Upon emerging into the street, he resumes his search, eventually discovering Hartley in the market. Fear is in her eyes as she recognizes him, encounters him, and follows him at some distance into the church. Their conversation there is awkward, with Charles speaking in eager, spurting questions, and Hartley responding with fearful, trembling half-answers. Charles learns...