Chapter 1, The Wall | Chapter 2, The Writing Table
• The novel begins with a description of a nightmare.
• The house is "changeable."
• Léonie and Thérèse meet after years of separation.
• Léonie has started a list of all the objects in the house on the advice of her lawyer.
• Léonie expects the comparisons and jealousies from her and Thérèse's adolescent years will resurface.
• Léonie imagines she and Thérèse are again playing a game where they spin on the spot until one of them falls.
Chapter 3, The Doorbell | Chapter 4, The Chandelier
• Thérèse arrives by bus and has not left the monastery for twenty years.
• Thérèse notices the graveyard where her father, mother, and aunt are buried.
• When she reaches the house, the lights are off. Thérèse is greeted by Léonie, who stares angrily.
• Thér...
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