Chapters 10-11 Summary

De Becque surprises Jordan by telling her that he was a close friend of her father's. He promises to answer her questions but suggests she photograph his paintings first. She does, with Kaiser fumbling as he pretends to be her lighting assistant. Afterward, Kaiser reveals to de Becque that he is an FBI agent, and he and Glass ask de Becque about her father. De Becque seems to confirm that her father is dead but suggests that he did not die where and when everybody thinks. He speculates that he may have escaped and lived in Thailand, where he was reportedly sighted, most recently in 1980, eight years after his disappearance.

Kaiser changes the subject to the Sleeping Women paintings. They ask de Becque about his attraction to them and whether he believes the paintings are of dead women. He replies that...