Mr. Dalloway goes to visit Mrs. Bruton. She is a very respected and influential woman, that’s why it is a great honour to be invited by her. There also are the prime minister and Hugh Whitbread. Lady Bruton says that Peter Walsh is in the city and remembers how he was madly in love with Clarissa. Soon their conversation returns to the business at the end of which mr. Dalloway invites lady Bruton to her wife’s party.
Richard and Hugh continue their talk outdoors. Mr. Whitbread wants to buy his wife a new necklace and boasts how many presents he gives her. It makes Richard think about his love to Clarissa and he decides to give her flowers and once more say about his feelings about which he is not used to say. He runs home and presents the flowers but he cannot bring himself to tell her about his love. He just holds her hands and listens what she is talking without understanding even a word as he troubles and worries about his cowardice and shame. However he has to go to work. He takes care about Clarissa and asks her to have a rest as her doctor advised. Then he goes away leaving his wife with her thoughts.
Very Good!
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