Our Mutual Friend, Book 4: A Turning, Chapter 7 summary
Book 4: A Turning, Chapter 7 of 68 · 19 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 7, Bradley Headstone returns to Riderhood, who studies his damaged clothes, secretly follows him, and sees him discard a bundle in the river. Bradley repeatedly imagines improving his attack on Eugene Wrayburn, Charley Hexam breaks with him, and Riderhood retrieves a bundle after searching the water.
What happens
- Bradley returns to the lock, sleeps, and hears Riderhood report that a woman recovers the attacked man's body.
- Riderhood lies about his relief time, then secretly follows Bradley after his departure.
- Bradley bathes, changes clothes, and throws a bundle into the river; Riderhood abandons pursuit to search for it.
- Bradley resumes teaching while constantly imagining more effective ways to carry out his attack.
- Charley suspects Bradley's involvement, refuses any confession, and ends their friendship to protect his respectability.
- Bradley collapses in misery, while Riderhood retrieves a bundle and carries it home.
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