Chapter 5

Finny's leg had shattered from the fall off the tree he had. I have been getting many questions concerning him but nobody really suspects me of doing anything wrong. I tried to stay away from everyone so I stayed in my room and studied. "I spent as much time as I could alone in our room" (53). I decided to put on his clothes one day in our room. I looked in the mirror and saw Finny and his expressions to the fullest. "But when I looked in the mirror it was no remote aristocrat I had become, no character out of daydreams. I was Phineas" (54). For some reason this gave me so much relief. Unfortunately, the next morning when i woke up, it was gone. That morning though Dr. Stanpole yelled up to me and said "Finny's better!" (54). When I hear that Finny will be able to walk again but never be able to play sports i burst into tears. "I cried for Phineas and for myself and for this doctor who believed in facing things" (56). I get to see Finny and started to ask questions about the fall. I wanted to know if he remembered anything about it or what made him fall. He denies it and I was just about to tell him that I shook the branch when the doctor came in to get me out. The summer session ends and we all go home. On my way back to Devon for September I stop in Boston to see Finny. I come out and tell him that I shook the branch and it only made it worse. I wish i could take the words back but they are out now and it is for the better. Finny will be back to Devon around Thanksgiving.