Summary. Individual Reading - 4

Some time later the narrator decided to move to Paris, where he met his old friend Dirk Stroeve, who, as it turned out, was Strikland's fan. Strikland lived very poor and once, when he got ill, Dirk housed him in his home. Dirk's wife treated and looked after himand  when he recovered sanity, she decided to leave her husband and move to Strikland. However, their happiness was not long. She commited a suicide when Strikland left her.