Summary

On October 31, 1902, exactly one year after Herr Thiessen's death, Isobel visits Marco's apartment in London. He doesn't want to let her upstairs, so she says what she has come to say on the street: she is sorry for not telling Marco that she was tempering the circus, and that she is partly responsible for the destruction that occurred one year ago today. She also says that she does not hate Celia for stealing him away from her, even though she's tried to hate her. Before she leaves, Isobel blows hot ash in Marco's face, temporarily blinding him, and steals his briefcase. The next evening, when Bailey arrives in New York, he frantically searches the circus grounds for Poppet. He is shocked to see that the bonfire has gone out. He expects to see Poppet waiting...