The Meeting Between Jones and Sophia
- Tom finds Sophia standing, covered with tears and blood from her bitten lips.
- Sophia shouts that it would have been better for both of them if Tom had just left her to be killed by that horse (back in Book 4, Chapter 13).
- Tom (of course) protests these extreme thoughts.
- Sophia doesn't see any way out of the marriage.
- She doesn't want to hurt her father or to destroy Tom by marrying him without the permission of their guardians.
- Tom exclaims that the only ruin for him would be to live without Sophia.
- They stand holding hands, unsure what to do next.