Mary, Chapter 6 summary
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In Chapter 6, Mary secures limited help for Ann’s family, but secluded life with her friend does not bring the happiness she expects. As Ann’s illness worsens, Mary studies medicine and fears her death, while her own marriage becomes increasingly hateful to her.
What happens
- Mary pays the troubling rent and persuades her father to provide a small, inadequate sum for the poor woman’s livelihood.
- After her mother leaves, Ann continues to decline while Mary tends her and shares a secluded life of music, drawing, and reading.
- Mary’s judgment develops, but she discovers that Ann’s companionship and freedom from poverty do not make her content.
- Another year brings worsening symptoms, and Mary studies medicine in her fear of losing Ann.
- Mary exchanges formal letters with her husband and feels intense dislike, but Ann’s suffering absorbs her attention.
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