Summary

This section began with Miranda’s perspective in Part 3, “1969 (Miranda Thomas).” In Chapter 1, she had been given her old room with a new roommate, an elderly artist named Brigitte. She had been avoiding the lighthouse view until the day of her mother’s anniversary with the late Fisher. That morning, she thought she spotted Joseph on the water. She swam in the saltwater pool in Chapter 2 like she did every morning, but this time her brother, Hugh Fisher, Jr., surprised her there. She remembered in Chapter 3 how she learned of Hugh’s birth: a newspaper announcement when she was with the Countess in Paris. She now met the handsome 17-year-old Hugh for the first time, the image of his father, Hugh Fisher, Sr. Hugh was exalted to meet her. He explained he had watched her movies to...