IIRC the chapter was removed from the book at the request of the publisher. Maybe it was only the US version.
--- On Thu, 2/19/09, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Didn't the film omit the last chapter because the US
> published version
> also omitted the last chapter?
> I seem to remember news stories from about 10 years ago
> claiming US
> editions were now being published with the last chapter
> added.
> That missing last chapter in US books was included in the
> original UK
> version.
> At least this is what I recall.
>
> John Thornton
>