On the way to a visit with the Wheelers, Helen has told John that the Wheelers will not be moving to Europe. John is disappointed, seeing this as a cowardly failure to follow through with their plan to escape the monotony of contemporary America. Confined to a mental institution without a trial, John had wanted to live vicariously through the Wheelers’ plan to get away. He doesn’t buy Frank’s explanation that they cannot go because of April’s pregnancy, and then begins to voice his devastatingly accurate perception of the Wheelers’ marriage. He recognizes that Frank sees April’s pregnancy as an…