Sula Chapter 9: 1940 Summary and Analysis

New Character:
Nathan: the school-age child who checks on Sula and who runs errands for her periodically; discovers her lifeless body.

Summary
After three years, Nel was at last going to meet with Sula face-to-face. She would say that she had heard Sula was sick and would ask if there was anything she could do for her. She practiced her words and would try to insert no inflection into the statements. Yet there would be resentment and shame in her heart when she spoke. She thought of the black rose that Jude had kissed and of her own almost selfish love of her children. For these children Nel had cleaned houses and worked as a chambermaid in the same hotel where Jude had once worked.

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