Vanity Fair, Chapter 64 summary

What happens

1. Wenham turns Sir Pitt against Rebecca, while Rawdon provides a conditional allowance and leaves their son with his aunt and uncle.
2. Rebecca settles in Boulogne, but insults, exclusion, and damaging reports repeatedly destroy her attempts to regain social acceptance.
3. Protection from respectable acquaintances proves temporary, and Rebecca moves into boardinghouse society in Paris and Brussels.
4. Gambling, debts, and drinking accompany her travels, while the narrator reports further alleged misconduct with varying degrees of uncertainty.
5. In Rome, Rebecca sees Lord Steyne at a ball, but his horrified response and Fiche’s warning end her attempts to approach him.
6. Steyne dies in Naples; public tributes praise him, and Fiche supports Madame de Belladonna’s claim to valuables contested by his heirs.

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