Section 1: Part 2 (pp. 18-32) Summary

The narrator describes how he first came to The Cedars as the result of a dream, which he describes in detail - of himself, hobbling because of a limp, along a country road with no real destination in mind but content to be on the journey. He then describes waking up and having, for the first time in years, thoughts of the Grace family in his mind - in particular, of Chloe Grace.

The narrator recalls his first encounter with Chloe, and it's at this point that it becomes clear that he and Chloe were both eleven years old at the time of their first meeting. The narrator describes seeing the Grace family—father Carlo, mother Connie, son Myles (the boy at the gate), Chloe, and a woman referred to as Rose—at the beach...