Villette, Chapter 21: samenvatting

Wat er gebeurt

1. Graham escorts Lucy back to school after a delayed departure and promises to write when she admits her loneliness.
2. Lucy imagines Reason forbidding emotional expression and Imagination offering comfort, then prepares herself for work the next morning.
3. M. Emanuel finds Lucy crying, questions her insistently, and finally leaves her to weep alone.
4. Lucy teases Ginevra Fanshawe with an invented account of Graham’s jealousy, privately remembering his actual calm.
5. A fortnight passes before M. Emanuel delivers Graham’s letter, which Lucy locks away unread as a precious possession.
6. After raging at the class, M. Emanuel offers Lucy his handkerchief, softens, then resents her playful handling of it.

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Waar je op kunt letten

Receiving Graham’s letter gives Lucy tangible happiness after her fears about his promise. Its arrival matters before she knows anything it says.

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