V Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 7, She hangs on the western wall Summary

Chapter 7, She hangs on the western wall Summary

Dudley Eigenvalue is a dentist who treats Herbert Stencil. Stencil came to the dentist looking for more information about V. The dentist shows him a pair of dentures that will only fit one person. Stencil says he was able to link V. to a conspiracy in Florence, Italy, before the Great War. In April 1899, Evan Godolphin comes to Florence to see his father, Captain Hugh. His father sent him a telegram mentioning Vheissu, a place where rules do not hold sway and that Evan believes is imaginary. Two men called Signor Mantissa and Cesare are drinking in front of a wine shop. A man called the Gaucho comes up to them. He is not happy with a plan they have come up with to enter the Uffizi and steal a painting. Gaucho thinks their plan will fail, and offers a new one, using a bomb to get into the...
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