How It All Goes Down
- Before leaving on her trip with Carol, Therese gets a telegram from Richard: "I have not changed. Neither have you. Write to me, I love you, Richard" (14.13).
- Carol thinks Therese should call him, but she's still intent on ghosting him.
- Richard's mother gave Therese a white Russian dress for Christmas, and Carol insists Therese wear it to dinner.
- Carol asks if it's Russian.
- Therese laughs.
- Carol gets mad that Therese didn't answer her and tells her to go upstairs and take the dress off.
- Therese goes upstairs and takes the dress off, then she puts it back on because she thinks Carol wants her to keep it on.
- They eat dinner and go to sleep.
- The next morning, they find a package left by Abby: a toy monkey named Jacopo, which Carol and Abby once took on a road trip together.
- Carol insists that Therese call Richard's mother to thank her for the dress, so she does, and then they hit the road.
- In Pennsylvania, Therese remembers that she left a book in the bedroom. And that she had written a letter to Carol in it.
- Oops. She hopes the maid doesn't find it.
- They stop for a picnic and Carol tells Therese about her own family for a change.
- She has a sister, whom after this moment, she'll never mention again in the book.
- Carol says she hopes Therese will enjoy the trip; she could use some real-life experience for a change.
- Therese is offended at the suggestion that she's sheltered.
- Carol and Therese go to sausage shop and Therese thinks of sending a sausage to ugly old Mrs. Robichek, but then she decides not do.
- Carol says she should, so she does. Who doesn't like getting a sausage in the mail?