Summary № 5

Robbie Turner navigating two privates through the countryside of World War II France. He is injured.England is on the retreat back towards the North and France has been occupied by Germany completely. The three British soldiers, Robbie Turner and Corporals Mace and Nettle are on route to Dunkirk where they can catch a Naval ship back to England.

Turner spent three and a half years in a British prison for his crimes against Lola, but Cecilia remained supportive of his innocence, abandoning all the members of her family completely. She is now a nurse and living in London, she writes letteres to Robbie, they dream to have a happy life together someday, and this is the only fact that helps Robbie to stay alive. Finally Robbie and his privates manage to leave France for England.
Briony is a nurse and she takes care of wounded soldiers.And she realizes that all the nursing in the world would not make up for what she has done to her sister and Robbie Turner. She receives a letter from her father. In it, he informs her that Lola and Paul Marshall are to be married.  Then she will write Robbie a letter in “great detail” about everything that led up to what she saw at the lake and why she blamed Robbie.She also tells them about the marriage.

Robbie and Cecilia meet Briony to the subway station. She apologizes again for all that she has done. The apology is received blankly.This is the last time Briony sees either of them.