Summary

Part 2, Chapter 36

The court explodes in chaos. Liv and Paul embrace. Liv is amazed and overjoyed that Sophie survived and spent her life with her husband in the end. The court clerk returns the painting to Liv.

Epilogue

Anton and Marie Leville live in a small house close to a lake near Montreux in Switzerland. They mostly keep to themselves, but they are kind and friendly. Mr. Leville paints. Mo later apologizes to Liv by email, and Liv invites her over for Christmas. Baby Jean dies from influenza in the final months of the war. Helene never recovers from this loss. Edith stays on with Helene, working at the hotel. She is there when Helene’s husband finally returns home. In 1925, the family goes on vacation and the hotel is closed for three weeks. They have traveled to Switzerland, they explain...