Section 9: Part 4 (pages 202-225) Summary

Angier is excited about his tour to America, so he does nothing about the information regarding Borden. Before the show, however, he is invited to perform for two weeks in a town near Hastings where Borden was born and grew up. Angier makes several notes on what he discovered in his research in Hastings, but primarily, he discovers that there was no twin nor a brother that could have passed as one. As such, he vows he will discover Borden's secret while he is in America, and within one month of his return, he will perform a superior version of it.

The next entry in the journal is eight months later, where he notes his depressed state. He is tempted to destroy the journal as he destroyed everything else. He has left Julia, and therefore his children...