Bambi, Part XI summary

What happens

1. Bambi and Jarvis return home, where Professor Parkhurst confuses Belasco with a sauce and questions Bambi about her secret career.
2. Jarvis starts another play, while Bambi writes Francesca using her own experiences and disguised portraits of her father and husband.
3. A special magazine copy arrives, and Bambi privately delights in her illustrated prize story.
4. Jarvis interrupts her reading, but he does not discover that she writes the story.
5. Richard Strong requests a Thursday meeting about a new plan for stories, and Bambi worries that he dislikes her second tale.
6. Bambi presents Strong as a classmate’s brother, but questions about his visit complicate her cover story.

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What to notice

Jarvis assumes Bambi leaves her observations unused. Her secret writing directly contradicts his judgment and exposes how little he knows about her work.

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