He hurries outside to get some fresh air and finds that, while it was winter when he went to sleep, it now seems to be summer. He feels as if he has been sleeping for a long time and seeks to shake off his grogginess. When the narrator awakes, it is a sunny and hot morning. The narrator says that they will now take over the story in first person, even though the story did not actually happen to them, because they understand the thoughts and feelings of their friend and it will be more natural to write. He stays awake for a few hours and then falls back asleep. He falls asleep quickly but then wakes up soon after. This puts the man in a very good mood, and he goes into his house and falls asleep in his bed. Suddenly, the man is overtaken by the beauty of the moon and its illumination of the river. He repeats to himself, “If I could but see it!” (4). The train station is five minutes from the man’s house, and as he walks home he looks at an “ugly suspension bridge” (4) over the Thames. He travels home by public transportation, discontent with society and thinking about arguments he should have made at the meeting. One man, a friend of the narrator, sat silent in the beginning but becomes involved in the arguing to the point of calling the others fools and leaving. Buy Study Guide Summary Chapter 1: Discussion and BedĪt a meeting of the Socialist League, men argue over the future of society.
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