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Chapter 17
Summary
Carol and her circle go to the lake cottage in a bobsled. They are
very happy as they sing and race. Carol races with them and
when she feels tired, she rests under the comforters and feels
blissfully happy.
Once they reach the lake cottage, Jack Elder lights the stove and
Mrs. Elder and Mrs. Clark make coffee. Vida and Mrs. Mc
Ganum unpack the doughnuts and the gingerbread. Mrs. Dyer
warms up the hot dogs and Dr. Terry Gould hands them a bottle
of whisky. They dance merrily. Sam Clark teases Harry Haydock
about the sale (of hats) in his shop and Kennicott about his
driving, affectionately. Carol feels very happy and when Dave
Dyer drops an icicle down Mrs. Mc Ganum's back she cheers
hysterically.
They eat ravenously. When the whisky is passed around Juanita
takes a sip and is cheered. Carol also takes a sip and chokes over
the whisky. Kennicott looks at her disapprovingly and she passes
on the bottle disappointed. They play the game called charade-a
game of make-believe. Carol is so inspired by the skill of the
actors that she proposes the formation of a dramatic club. Every
one is willing and Carol feels that at last she was getting a
chance to organize some thing important.
The members of the dramatic club hold their first meeting and
elect Carol as their president. They begin with a disagreement
over the plays to be enacted. Carol wants the recent plays but
Ella wants Shakespeare. Carol wants to watch the four one act
plays to be presented in Minneapolis. Though Kennicott is not
very keen to watch the plays, he agrees. They take train no. 7 to
Minneapolis and check in at an expensive hotel. Carol feels
childishly thrilled by the luxuries in the hotel. She enjoys
ordering the food going through the menu carefully. They buy
many shirts for Kennicott and a dress for Carol. They walk
around the city and observe the largest flourmills with cement
elevators. They see beautiful houses and also slums. Then they
watch a movie but sleep through it because they are exhausted.
They have meals at Carol's sister's house. They meet the Mc
Ganums and talk to them eagerly like long lost friends and ask
for news about Gopher Prairie. Kennicott tries to coax Carol to
skip the plays. But Carol is very keen to see them. Amateurs
perform the plays but Carol enjoys them because Schnitzler,
Shaw, Yeats and Lord Dunsany have written them. When the
plays get over, Kennicott tells her that he would prefer to watch a
cow boy movie any day.
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