Part 3, Chapter 4-resumé af Hyperion

Hvad sker der?

1. The narrator introduces Mary Ashburton and describes her appearance, movements, and soul as perfectly harmonious.
2. Flemming watches Mary pass beneath the walnut trees and feels happy and peaceful, though not quite in love.
3. Berkley interrupts his thoughts, discusses sadness with him, and insists on an excursion to Grindelwald.
4. Flemming finds the glacier excursion tiring and longs to return to Interlachen.
5. That evening, Flemming becomes absorbed in talking with Mary and admires her mother’s resemblance to her.
6. Berkley arranges a drive with the Ashburtons, and Flemming leaves delighted while another guest complains of boredom.

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Flemming distinguishes outward behavior from inward suffering. His reflection complicates Berkley’s cheerful suggestion that sadness has little place in a beautiful world.

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