Summary Of Babette's 'Awakening'

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Babette is hiding something that Jack doesn’t know, and Babette’s character becomes much more furtive as the chapter goes on. Before chapter 24, Denise and Jack assume that Babette is taking some medication. The reason was that Babette kept having memory loss and in chapter 14, Denise had found a bottle named “Dylar” in the trash. In chapter 17, it seems that Babette doesn’t know what “Dylar” means. But in chapter 24, Jack finds the “Dylar” bottle again. Babette becomes more suspicious to Jack from this point, because Jack and Denise decide to inspect the medicine by themselves rather than to ask Babette directly. Also in chapter 24, Jack finds Babette staring out the window at night, and Babette doesn’t even notice that Jack came into the

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