Chapter 13 Summary

The following morning Si deliberately comes down late for breakfast, avoiding contact with the other boarders. As she serves him, Ada gently admonishes him that breakfast is generally served much earlier, hinting that if he wants to get a job he needs to get going more quickly. As Si eats his breakfast, Julia comes down, sees he's looking at the paper, and asks what his plans for the day are. Si tells her he needs to get some clothes. She comes over to look through the advertisements with him, and Si narrates how he was unusually aware of her presence, her cologne, and her beauty.

Julia offers to show Si the shops, saying they're on the way to where she's going - the Ladies' Mile. Si happily agrees to go with her and gets ready to go out, taking with him his sketchbook...