Individual Reading. Summary. Ch. 26 - 40

            Soon, Strickland began to recover from his ill. But suddenly it came to light a new fact, Blanche had secretly fallen in love with Strickland. She decided to leave Stroeve with him. But Stroeve loved this woman very much, and he left Strickland and his wife in his own flat. He came to the narrator and shared with him his misfortune.

            Once, the narrator met Strickland and Blanche. Stroeve knew about their meeting and asked to write Blanche, saying that he did everything for the sake of her.

            But once, Mr. Strickland and Blanche had had a quarrel, she tried to commit suicide. Soon this woman was weak and as a result she died. Because of that Stroeve was in low spirits and decided to move to Holland. Then, Stroeve told the storyteller that he had seen Charles Strickland and offered him to go with him, but he didn’t accept his proposal. Charles presented Strove Blanche’s portrait instead.

            When the narrator met Strickland again, he suddenly understood that he really couldn’t hate Charles, despite of the fact that he was dreadful person.