Slaughterhouse-Five | Chapters 9-10 Summary and Analysis

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Bertram Copeland Rumfoord: a history professor writing on Dresden

Lily Rumfoord: Rumfoord’s trophy wife

Summary
After she hears Billy’s airplane has crashed, the hysterical Valencia rushes to the hospital, ripping the exhaust system off her car in an accident en route. Immediately after arriving, she is overcome by carbon monoxide poisoning. Shortly thereafter, she dies.

Billy is still unconscious. He is sharing a room with Bertram Rumfoord. Rumfoord’s wife, Lily, brings Bertram books for the history of the United States...



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