RUTH

Question 2

“It should have been you two. I’m not pretending I didn’t always see that. Of course I did, as far back as I can remember. But I kept you apart. I’m not asking you to forgive me for that. That’s not what I’m after just now. What I want is for you to put it right. Put right what I messed up for you.”

Answer 2

• Chapter 19
• when Kathy is driving Ruth and Tommy back from their visit to the boat.
• Kathy parks the car under a billboard featuring an open-plan office, where they have a tense conversation about whether or not Ruth should have looked into the deferral rumor more fully.
• her desire to believe in possibility.
• Although the open-plan office once represented Ruth’s hopes for her own future, it now represents her hopes for Tommy and Kathy.