Meg comes out of kything when the telephone rings downstairs. Mom O'Keefe comes back over to the Murry house with an old letter written by Bran Maddox to Matthew Maddox. In it, we hear for the first time of a man named Gedder, but this is an incorrect pronunciation. I assume that his real name is Gwydyr, and is descended from the original Gwydyr's line. If this book is consistent with how it has been since Chapter 4, I can predict that Gedder will be cruel.
Meg finds her kythe with Charles Wallace again. Since Chuck's father is dead, his mother and grandmother search the house for thing they might be able to sell to keep their home running. They come across a chest containing letters and an old leather journal owned by Zyllah Llawcae. In this journal are beautiful paintings and sketches, and written journal entries. Zyllah tells her story about how Bran Maddox proposed to her and left for the Civil War. He came back different, barely present in his own mind. These things came from the horrors of war he was witness to. I cannot say that I find relation to him, for I have never seen the things of war. I can only imagine how devastating it may have been.
Chuck's mother had to marry Duthbert Mortmain (wow, what a name) to keep the family from losing the apartment. Mortmain was cruel, though at first he acted like a gentleman. He beat Mrs. Mortmain and was unkind to her children. He would have beaten Grandma, if Chuck hadn't stepped in his way. Chuck fell down the stairs when he was struck by Mortmain, and I am not yet certain he didn't die. I don't think I will ever understand men like Mortmain.
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