Chapter 19-20

Chapter 19- Some of this i had to read over because it was somewhat dull, and I was afraid I had missed something important. Chapter 19 begins the second book within the novel. It opens at the wedding so one month has passed. Newland describes the wedding, and the guests but goes into little detail during the wedding tiself, he even finds his mind once again wandering. Once May and Newland reach their place in the country they find it is unavailable due to something in the plumbing. However the van der Luydens have offered that same little place for them to stay where Newland and Ellen went to talk about why she ran away when they were interrupted by Beaufort. May has never seen the place, yet there is irony that where they begin their new realtionship is also where part of his past lies.

Chapter 20- After spending some time at the van der Luydens, May and Newland travel to Europe. They visit around but not Italy because Newland says that he couldn't picture May there. May is also scared because Newland has foreign friends and she does not know the customs and traditions, such as what to wear for when they go out. He gave up trying to educate May about her freedom becase he felt that it was unless trying to free someone who didn't know they weren't already free. Newland, although he has travelled, before realizes that he dislikes European culture because it is so different from his at home in New York. The Archers eventually go to a dinner party where Newland meets Monsieur Riviere, who has very different views that those of Newland. After dinner Newland mentions the man to May, who laughs and says that she finds him too common, Newland realizes that laughing is May's way of resolving a difference in opinion.