Vanity Fair, Chapter 31 summary
Chapter 31 of 68 · 20 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 31, Jos Sedley remains with Amelia in Brussels while alarming military reports circulate, and Rebecca flatters him to secure a possible escape in his carriage. Amelia accuses Rebecca of stealing George’s affection, Mrs. O’Dowd comes to comfort her, and the sound of cannon turns private anxiety into public alarm.
What happens
- Jos enjoys George’s absence while Isidor anticipates an English defeat and imagines taking his master’s clothes and valuables.
- Pauline comforts Amelia, whose distress over her husband’s departure keeps her alone in her room.
- Isidor repeats alarming reports, and Jos prepares to investigate them before Rebecca arrives and revives his attraction to her.
- Rebecca privately counts on escaping in Jos’s carriage, then visits Amelia, who accuses her of taking George’s love.
- Rebecca sends Mrs. O’Dowd to Amelia, whose distress eases somewhat under her friend’s steady care.
- Mrs. O’Dowd joins Jos for dinner, but distant cannon fire draws them and the city’s anxious residents to their windows.
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