Chapter 5They returned to Columbia two days ahead of schedule; Uneasy and tense from their isolation, it was like walking in a prison together. Sharon said they really should return to Columbia so John could prepare for his classes and so she could start setting them up in their new apartment. Smith immediately agreed – telling himself that things would get better once they were in their own place, among people they knew and in familiar surroundings. In the afternoon they packed up and boarded the train for Columbia that same evening.
In the hasty, vague days leading up to their wedding, Smith had found an empty second-story apartment in an old barn-like house five blocks from the university. It was dark and bare, with a small bedroom, a tiny kitchen, and a huge living room with tall wind
