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Study Guide

Slaughterhouse-Five Chapter 5, Section 26

By Kurt Vonnegut

Chapter 5, Section 26

Billy's mother tells Rosewater that Billy is engaged to a rich girl, which is some comfort.
Billy falls asleep under his blanket.
When he wakes up, he's back at the prison with Edgar Derby reading next to his bed.
Billy thinks of his memory of Edgar Derby getting shot by a firing squad at the end of the war.