“Lily remembered Nettie’s words I knew he knew about me” (Wharton 260). In the last three chapters Lily finally finds herself but it is already too late to save herself. The end of the book gets more mournful and gloomy. This setting fits the ending. I actually got a sense that she might die early before it happened. After you discover how demoralized Lily is she then manages to do the morally right thing in the end. In the second to last chapter you are introduced to Nettie Struther. This reminds the reader that Lily has accomplished good things in her life. This visit also gives the reader hope that Lily will be able to attain happiness finally. Lily does find happiness but is too tired to realize what she has found and dies before she can truly attain it.
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