Chapters 13-15 Summary

Dirk Gently scans the London skyline through his binoculars with interest. He spots someone climbing a building. It's an amateurish burglar attempt, and the man almost falls then realizes he's forgotten something to force the window. He finds the window open and makes it inside. Dirk pauses as he sees the man's face through the window. He looks up the number of the apartment and lifts up the phone to dial.

Meanwhile, Richard is in Susan Way's apartment. Though it's smaller than Richard's apartment, it's less crowded. Climbing up the wall was harder than Richard thought, and he nearly fell. He washes up and then goes to the answering machine, realizing that a message from Gordon is probably on the tape. He starts listening to bits of the tape to find his own message, and he hears odd, out-of-context tidbits from...