Chapter 23

Chapter 23- Newland goes to Boston to see Ellen, she is not at the house but he finds her sitting under a tree on a bench. He tells her that he was in Boston on business and she said that she was too. Newland said that he wasn't used to her voice, and that he had forgotten what it had sounded like. Ellen says that she is in Boston because her husband offered her a large sum of money to come back to him. The Count didn't actually come to Boston himself and he doesn't like writing letters so he sent a messenger. He then suggest that they spend the day together on a boat. Then Ellen asks him why he didn't talk to her that day at the beach, he blushed and told her the truth. Newland seems convinced that it was fate that he had a envelope with him so she could leave a note at the hotel and didn't have to go get one, and that there was a cab waiting for them (cabs weren't as popular back then). Then something really weird happened, Newland saw a face that he described as unlike any face before, which confused me, I mean who is this guy? But Newland didn't go into anymore detail, about the man. However Ellen came out of the hotel and they went on a boat together, at first they didn't really talk and Newland was mesmerized by how calm Ellen looked. Then when they reached the dining-room of an inn, there were many loud people around, so Newland asked for a private room. He said he wanted to talk as old friends would.