Chapter 4, The Rock, pg. 145-160 Summary

Villanelle uses her newfound fortune to buy a house next door to the Queen of Spades. The two women visit, but Villanelle soon realizes that, despite her love for the Queen, she can't share her with a husband who might one day return. Villanelle shuts up her house and never returns.

Now pregnant with Henri's child, Villanelle orchestrates Henri's escape, but hearing that Villanelle still refuses to marry him, Henri refuses to cooperate. Instead, Henri cuts off all communication with Villanelle and is content to love her from afar. Villanelle gives birth to a redheaded daughter. Henri occasionally sees mother and daughter sailing past in the lagoon below; he exchanges with them a friendly wave.

Henri lives a life of lucid madness, talking with friends long departed. The magical icicle melts, and soon after a...