Babbitt
Chapter 22
by Sinclair Lewis
Depressed without his friends, George seeks other outlets to distract him from his unsatisfactory life.
Depressed without his friends, George seeks other outlets to distract him from his unsatisfactory life.
Ahab's hat is stolen as he obsessively waits to spot Moby Dick.
Black Beauty is deeply troubled by an encounter with an old friend.
Alone in her bedchamber, Juliet ponders the many possible outcomes of the Friar Lawrence's plan before drinking the contents of the vial.
The chancellor and the sub-warden discuss the populace who are actually saying more bread—less taxes.
Mr. Marvel discusses The Invisible Man with the mariner. Mr. Marvel contemplates is escape. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
After ten months and twenty-thousand leagues, Aronnax reviews the written account of his adventures.
The Ghost, sets sail one last time, headed towards the coast of Japan. After a period of rough weather, the exhausted couple find themselves in more familiar seas. Hump and Maud finally admit their true feelings.
The story turns to Chitta, revealing his actions and travels after the burning of the storehouse.
A poem explaining that despite death, time goes on.
Pip prepares to say his farewells.
A grandfather and his grandson grow rice in the rice fields and one day they set fire to the fields to save the people below from impending death.
The stranger meets Teddy Henfrey. Mrs. Hall is curious about the new guest. (London, England; Pearson's Magazine, 1897)
Jerry sits on the Big Rock and notices that his house is no longer underwater and that his whole world has turned upside down.
"A lover whom duty called over the wave,"
This story continues the adventure of the circus from the previous chapter. Marmaduke gets lost and meets many different characters in the circus. He meets Tody the Clown who helps him find the Toyman.
A long planned meeting between old friends has unexpected consequences.
Mary awakens to hear Colin screaming and throwing a tantrum from inside his room. She is summoned to his room and scolds him for screaming. She tells him that she hates him and he should go on screaming forever. She then looks at his back claiming that there is nothing wrong with it. Colin realizes for the first time that his affliction is largely in his head.
Nancy confesses her guilt in Oliver's disappearance before telling Rose the full content of Monk and Fagin's conversation.
The Count of Monte Cristo and Bertuccio visit the Count's other Paris home at Auteuil. Bertuccio has a confession to make to the Count, which he has previously made to Abbe Busoni (one of the Count's aliases).
Mary continues her search for the secret garden, to no avail. Martha tells Mary that her mother is truly enchanted by the stories of the girl from India. While skipping rope down a small pathway, she discovers a hidden door which she unlocks with the key she found earlier. Inside, she finds the secret garden.
A proposition is offered to Marilla by Mrs. Spencer.
A broker makes a request of his stenographer, having forgot his previous request.
Young "Pip" encounters a stranger in the village churchyard.