Individual reading #4.

Stroeve didn't meet the narrator for a long time. After the narrator playingchess with Mr. Strickland, Dirk  asked him waht had happened. Later the narrator find out that Blanch Stroeve and Strickland had quarreled. Thus, Charles abandoned Blanch and she poisoned herself. Then was sent  to the hospital, however, she wasn't going to recover. During her time in the hospital she didn't want to see Stroeve, though he used to come every day. Then Blanch died.Dirk Stroeve didn't realize the whole situation and he was at a loss. He came to the appartment where Blanch and Strickland lived together for a few months. Then he gave a portrait of his wife, which he found there, to Charles, however Strickland refused to take it. After that Dirk Stroeve bagan a new life in a new country.