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Rebecca
I think he did leave her in the library. It tied back to the previous conversation Mei and Matthew had regarding who should be saved in a hypothetical situation:two strangers or Matthew. She, of course, would save him, but he argued it was better to save more lives than just his life. He also believed it was right to save the youngest first, because they have more life to live. I was sad to hear Mei died, but the novel played out the way Matthew would have lived it, not the way the reader would have wanted things.
ashwini
Maybe he was also hoping that Mei would be able to stand up and run out, and he tried to rush over and communicate with her to do that. The baby obviously would have never been able to leave herself. I think the fact that he went over to Mei at all demonstrates that he was at least trying to save two lives rather than one. Still, it was so sad that Mei in her dying moments trusted that he would save her.
Ashley White
I think that she began to wake up (as many others did in the fire), but did not have the strength/energy to stay awake and therefore went back to sleep.
I do think that Matthew left her in the library (as Rebecca previously commented), because in his view of ethics it would be most important to save the youngest life (not the life of Mei, despite the fact that they had an attachment).
I do think that Matthew left her in the library (as Rebecca previously commented), because in his view of ethics it would be most important to save the youngest life (not the life of Mei, despite the fact that they had an attachment).
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