Summary

In the time after Susanna and Leon’s revelations, Toby continues working on Hugo’s genealogy project. The Sunday lunches are discontinued, but otherwise life continues as usual, according to Toby. The condition of Ivy House starts to deteriorate significantly.

The narration of the chapter alternates between Toby’s perception of the house around him and his narration of the life of Elaine McNamara, the great-grandmother of Hugo’s client, Mrs. Wozniak. He finally completes as much of the project as he is able to, and emails Mrs. Wozniak a report. He does not open her reply, and begins to lose track of the days.

In an unspecified time after Toby completes Mrs. Wozniak’s report, Rafferty visits Ivy House. He has a conversation with Toby, during which Toby realizes that Hugo must have witnessed the murder when it happened and decided to cover...