[ { "chunk": 57, "story": 6, "summary": "After an epigraph, a callow rich young officer who prides himself on trusting his own judgment falls under the control of a heartless, businesslike woman.", "predicament": "A callow, wealthy young man who prides himself on his own judgment is quietly captured by a heartless, calculating older woman." }, { "chunk": 58, "story": 6, "summary": "She and the narrator's clever friend detest each other; the woman breaks the young man in to fetch, wait and pay, and treats him like a servant.", "predicament": "A young man infatuated with someone older fetches, waits and pays for the privilege of being ordered about like a dog." }, { "chunk": 59, "story": 6, "summary": "Nobody warns him; his commanding officer, who hates married juniors, calls it good training; he runs up debts while his fiancee prepares to come out.", "predicament": "Nobody warns a young man he is being ruined, and the one above him, disliking his engagement, calls it good training." }, { "chunk": 60, "story": 6, "summary": "The clever woman decides he will break his engagement to please the other, and fights a seven-week social war to win him away, while people say shameful things about her.", "predicament": "A clever woman sets out to rescue a foolish young man from a rival's clutches, knowing everyone will misread her motives." }, { "chunk": 61, "story": 6, "summary": "Treated kindly instead of used, the young man comes over to her and speaks of his engagement as a piece of boyish folly.", "predicament": "Won over by kindness, a young man confides that he means to drop his engagement as a piece of youthful folly." }, { "chunk": 62, "story": 6, "summary": "Speaking like a mother, she gently takes the conceit out of him and paints a picture of the marriage that would be the making of him.", "predicament": "Someone older and wiser gently takes the conceit out of a foolish young man and talks him back toward his promised marriage." }, { "chunk": 63, "story": 6, "summary": "She keeps him under her wing until the wedding and helps with his debts; he takes her advice, leaves the service and goes home to farm.", "predicament": "Having steered a foolish young man safely to his marriage, his protector advises him to leave a life he is plainly unfit for." } ]