“What will she do now, wonders Judy, if the Hewitts lose the camp? If the Van Laars cut them out entirely, as they’ll no doubt do, snapping the thin thread that has stretched for decades between the Hewitts and Peter the First? And she answers her question herself: They’ll be fine. The Hewitts – like Judy, like Louise Donnadieu, like Denny Hayes, even – don’t need to rely on anyone but themselves. It’s the Van Laars, and families like them, who have always depended on others.”