Narrator’s Apartment

The narrator’s apartment in Pest is a place where a good deal of the action is carried out. First, the narrator hires Emerence to clean her apartment. Then, one of the most significant scenes that takes place here is Emerence’s act of “murdering” her special guest and feeding this guest to Viola after the guest called to cancel the appointment. This scene takes place in the room in which Emerence’s mother had once stayed.

Emerence’s Front Porch

When Emerence allows guests, she entertains them on the front porch of her house. It is on this front porch that she tells the narrator what she wants done with her things after she dies. The narrator will inherit all of the contents of her apartment. While on the porch, Emerence also tells the narrator about the nine cats that live with her.

Emerence’s Kitchen