"It's not just me, sweety. Kathy here finds your animals a complete hoot." (194)
This is the culmination of all of their pent-up, rarely talked about frustration that has been building for years during the last part of their Hailsham days and the time spent at the cottages. I think they all knew that something needed to be said, and they were all ignoring the subject. This is the precise reason that these close friends slowly drifted apart even though they live under the same roof. All of these suppressed feelings were bound to come up some day and, it just so happens that it was over a little matter such as Tommy's art. These major feelings, such as Tommy and Kathy's destined relationship, Tommy and Ruth's failed relationship, and Kathy's feelings about Ruth being fake to apease who ever will listen, were not actually resolved during this fight. However, this time was the closest they came to a resolution at the cottages. And, after this fight, though they really did not say much, they all drifted even further apart. So far that Kathy mentions few other interactions between the three after.
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