Chapters 24 - 27 Summary

Chapter 24:

Dean and Anne-Marie get a room at a castle-turned-hotel in a small village named Prangey. While they make love, Dean watches other hotel guests through the window. Afterward, they go to Dijon and dance at the nightclub where he first saw her. The narrator is surprised that she would be willing to do such a thing, for he imagines that she would want to avoid the past. They go back to their room and, before making love, Dean admires himself naked in the mirror.

Chapter 25:

The narrator looks over some excerpts from one of Dean's diaries. It is a list of cities, potential places he and Anne-Marie might spend the summer. They decide, ultimately, to drive across the countryside. Before they leave, Anne-Marie visits her mother who is doubtful about her daughter's relationship. She is worried that it will not...