Chapter 29 Summary

The date is January 2, 2001. Instead of meeting with Arthur Springer, Reta has telephoned his office and assertively told his secretary that she would not be available until the fifth. Arthur had acquiesced to her demand and arranged to meet with her on the nineteenth. In the meantime, since it is a Tuesday morning, Reta is enjoying some time with her friends at the Orange Blossom Room in town. As usual, the four friends discuss life, love, men, and friendship.

When she returns home again, she goes to her study and contemplates the novel, which she has left in limbo since her last conversation with Arthur Springer. She finds herself reluctant to continue with it, yet she knows that it is this novel that has been able to distract her from grieving for Norah. At once she is back in the world of Alicia...