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- Clarissa watches Sally and Peter reuniting and thinks about her old passion for Sally. When she was young Clarissa had felt that Sally would end up a martyr of some kind, but instead Sally had married a rich man and had five boys. Clarissa thinks that her past belongs to Peter and Sally more than to anyone else.
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Clarissa wonders what Peter will think of her when he returns from India. Clarissa has had a different kind of intimacy with Peter, and she is closer intellectually to him than she was to Sally. Clarissa’s memories are almost all of Peter and Sally, and rarely, if ever, of Richard.
The prime minister arrives, interrupting Clarissa’s reunion with Sally. He does his rounds and retires to a little room with Lady Bruton. Peter Walsh catches sight of Hugh Whitbread and criticizes him mercilessly in his thoughts.
Peter interrupts Clarissa’s revelatory moment with Sally at Bourton, intervening before the women’s intimacy can continue or intensify. Elizabeth interrupts Peter’s encounter with Clarissa, another interruption that thwarts intimacy, stopping them from delving too deeply into their private feelings.
Clarissa recalls her dramatic relationship with Peter Walsh when they were both young. Peter represented adventure and travel; Clarissa preferred safety and caution. Peter chided her for her choices.
Clarissa recalls how she met Sally at a party. She was struck by Sally's "dark, large-eyed" beauty and ability to say and do whatever she felt like. When they were both young, Sally came to stay with Clarissa and her friends in Bourton. Sally was penniless and fleeing an argument at her house.
The three most meaningful relationships she has had are with Sally Seton, Peter Walsh, and Richard Dalloway (her husband). These three relationships are actually all quite intertwined in Clarissa's mind – each one would not be what it is without the others.
