Summary 31-40

The narrator did not see Strickland for several weeks. But one evening he met him, accompanied by Blanche    Stroeve, and they were going to the cafe to have a game of chess. The meeting had been devoid of incident. No word had been said to give the narrator anything to think about and when they finished to play, he left Strickland and Blanche. One morning, Dirk entered the narrator's room quickly and said that Blanche was trying to commit the suicide and then she was taken to the hospital. After that Dirk went twice a day to the hospital to inquire after his wife. Late one evening Dirk came to see the narrator to tell that Blanche was dead. The narrator understood that his chance was to put all the past behind him. Dirk agreed with narrator and set off for Amstardam.