Chapter 24 Summary

Dr. Chilton removes the books from Lecter's cell, in order to punish him for attempting to help the Tooth Fairy. The section chief at the FBI takes the wheels from the wheel chair to Hair and Fiber for analysis and the ashes from the fire to Trace for analysis. The chief is told the gas that was used to fuel the fire was Servo Supreme blend, a gasohol. The fibers on the wheels are wool and synthetic, one from a vehicle, such as the van Lounds was reportedly transported in, and the other from a home carpet. They also find mold in the treads suggesting the wheelchair was kept somewhere dark and cool.

Graham is staying in an apartment in Chicago that the Justice Department keeps for jurists and witnesses. Graham is wet, tired and still bothered by being watched around the clock...