Part 2: Chapters 36, 37, and 38 Summary

As if retrieving a stored photographic image in his head, the dwarf suddenly remembers seeing Will and Jim hiding under the sidewalk grille and goes to tell Mr. Dark. Dark rushes to the grille, but is furious to find that the boys have fled.

Mr. Halloway wanders through the carnival grounds observing everything he sees. He sees the Mirror Maze but narrowly avoids being sucked inside. He goes to the library and spends hours looking through books describing the history of carnivals and circuses, as well as information about the occult, mirrors, and other related subjects. He acutely felt the boys' fear while they were hiding under the sidewalk, and he knows that something evil is hiding within the carnival.

After hiding in various places around town, the boys finally reach the library after sundown. Will's father lets them...