Chapter 54 Summary

Graham is in the ICU of the local hospital, unable to speak. Molly is with him from time to time, though Graham can feel the distance in her concern for him. Crawford comes to visit and discovers Molly has received a letter for Graham from Lecter. The note is taunting, about how sad it is to be locked up in a hospital. Crawford tears it up. Crawford is there to tell Graham how Dolarhyde came to still be alive; however, he can only stay in Graham's room for five minutes at a time. It takes him several visits to tell the entire story.

Crawford tells Graham how Dolarhyde must have discovered they were at Gateway. Crawford says that he went back to the gas station where the attendant tried to look up Reba's skirt and killed the attendant, taking him and his tow...