CHAPTER 38 "Brownies"

Supper at Six became popular after Life's July 1961 article. Elizabeth refuses Roth's calls due to his apparent betrayal. The article depresses her, so she bakes brownies on the show for several days. Harriet forbids Madeline from reading the article, but she does and is upset at how her mother is portrayed.

Harriet tells her not to answer the phone or leave home one evening. Wakely checks on Madeline, and Elizabeth arrives before he can leave. Wakely is familiar to Elizabeth. Wakely informs Elizabeth that Roth wrote a different article.

Roth visited Elizabeth's home a few days ago, but Madeline refused to open the door on Harriet's orders. Madeline read Roth's manila envelope and took it to Wakely. Madeline left the envelope with Frask, who informed Wakely that Madeline was very upset. Elizabeth opens the envelope and finds a new, unpublished article titled "Why Their Minds Matter" with the subheading "The Bias of Science and What These Women Are Doing About It". Roth apologizes for quitting Life and trying to publish this article with the truth elsewhere, but it has been rejected by ten scientific journals.

Madeline continues to cry even though this article contains everything meaningful Elizabeth told Roth. She is upset because "Wakely's typist" told Madeline that Elizabeth, who belongs in a lab, had to quit her job as a chemist and work in television because of Madeline. Elizabeth may know Wakely's typist, Wakely suggests.