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Section 6

• Six months later, Benjamin and Hildegarde are engaged, to her father’s great dismay.
• The story of Benjamin’s odd birth, which had almost been forgotten, is dredged up again.
• Crazy rumors about Benjamin are circulated – so crazy that Hildegarde doesn’t believe any of them, even the real story.

Section 7

• The Button Hardware store takes off, and Benjamin and Hildegarde are soon quite wealthy.
• Naturally, they are welcomed with open arms into the social scene because of their money.
• But fifteen years after their marriage, Benjamin has gone through some more changes.
• He finds himself full of energy and vitality, as he is getting younger.
• Unfortunately, Hildegarde has aged in the other direction, and Benjamin is no longer attracted to her.
• Not only has she aged physically, but also she’s less energetic and more boring than when he met her. At this point she is thirty-five, and they have a fourteen-year-old son named Roscoe.
• In 1898, the Spanish-American War breaks out and Benjamin leaves home to join the army. He advances, is slightly wounded, and receives a medal for his valor.
• It is with regret that he finally returns home to his wife and son.