Summary

In Chapter 25, the DEPRAC officials had arrived at Combe Carey Hall by four in the morning. Starkins thought they were phantoms and fired iron filings at them, slowing their entrance into the estate. Lucy's close encounter with Annabel has left her dazed and cold. A medic gave her adrenaline and bandaged her injured hand. “A kindly DEPRAC officer did the best thing of all and made me a decent cup of tea” (364). Inspector Barnes pats her shoulder and asks if she is alright. She is happy to leave others in charge. Grebe immediately begins to tell everything he knows. Heavily armed agents carefully work their way through the house. Mr. Fairfax is dead. There is no ghostly activity around his body or Annabel's locket. “The spirit of Annie Ward – having been reunited with her killer – was nowhere to be found” (365). The key to...