Ind. Reading "The Moon and The Sixpence". Part 4

All day and night Blanche had to take care about Strickland. He was so week and sickly that the narrator began to think Strickland would die. Nevertheless, several weeks passed, and the first signs of his convalescence began appearing. Strickland was unusually pale and thin, but even in this case he didn’t afford any comfort. Dirk was happy and didn’t notice strange changes that occurred with his wife. She stopped hating Strickland and in her eyes it was possible to notice a small light of the passion.

Once the narrator was disturbed by Stroeve. Dirk was breathless and dismayed and when he began his story the narrator felt the same feelings. Dirk told that his wife left him and decided to live with Strickland, that she was ready to suffer from hardships but lived with her lover. Strickland didn’t comment this, so Dirk left the house and even suggested to live them in it. He was confused and understood nothing. Day from day, Dirk looked for Blanche in the market trying to talk but she didn’t even want to listen to him.

Dirk hardly bore this situation, until one day a terrible accident happened. Blanche and Strickland abused one another and he left the house to live alone. She couldn’t bear it and committed suicide. But a servant heard this, so the ambulance arrived in time and Blanche was moved to the hospital. Dirk got restless but in few days Blanche died. It was a dark period for him, so he decided to change his life completely. Dirk sold all his goods and went to Amsterdam to search a new life.