Chapters 12-14 (p. 297-384) Summary

On the island of St. Andrew, Fat Charlie rents a bicycle at the Dolphin Hotel and sets out to find Callyanne Higgler. Along the way, he meets and befriends lots of local natives but no one can tell him precisely where Mrs. Higgler lives. As he pedals, Fat Charlie is struck by a speeding black Mercedes belonging to Grahame Coats. He goes over the side of the road down a cliff, then pulls himself and his bent and broken bicycle up again and boards a bus to return to his hotel. Daisy Day arrives at the island airport on her whimsical vacation. Spider awakens to find himself staked to the ground, Gulliver-like. He realizes that the stream of blood from his mouth comes from the remnants of his ripped-out tongue. Spider feels like a disembodied spirit but...