Vanity Fair: resumo de Chapter 54

O que acontece

1. Rawdon visits Sir Pitt, explains his confrontation with Steyne, and obtains his brother’s promise to care for little Rawdon.
2. He sets aside money for Briggs and Becky but keeps the thousand-pound note associated with Steyne.
3. Rawdon leaves his card at Gaunt House and visits Captain Macmurdo to arrange a duel.
4. Macmurdo questions Rawdon’s certainty about Becky, then helps compose a letter requesting arrangements for a meeting with Steyne.
5. Clay returns without Rawdon’s clothes and reports that the landlord takes possession while unpaid servants refuse to release anything.
6. Rawdon asks Macmurdo to comfort his son if he dies, then borrows clothes and joins the officers for breakfast.

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O que observar

Rawdon’s confession shows grief beneath his anger. His plans for violence grow from a sense of personal betrayal, not merely concern about public reputation.

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