Individual Reading Chapters 30-40

Mrs Strickland has built her close relationships with Charles Stricland but her husband Dirk Strove can't submit to this fact. He follows his wife and behaves himself like a milksop convincing himself in the fact that once his wife will come back to him. One evening the narrator has met Mrs Blanche and Mr Stricland nearby their favourite cafe where they were used to play chess.  It wasn't a nice meeting as the narrator of the story disliked Strickland very much. After some time Dirk Strove goes to the narrator to announce an awful thing concerning his wife. Mrs Blanche has tried to suicide because of  Stricland's leaving and by that time she has been being in the hospital in a life-threatening condition. Dirk tries to be closer to her and not to stay her alone but she rejects to accept all his care and kindness.  Finally, she dies.The circumstances of Blanche Strove's death necessitates all manner of dreadful formalities, but at last the teller and Strove buries her. Dirk decides to go to the Netherlands and thinks of making painting after founding the portrait of his wife painted by Stricland. Strove finds it as a work of art.