Summary

In “How to Draw a Picture (IX),” Edgar writes that he missed the real danger when he focused on the picture of Ilse and Carson together. He sensed death when he saw that picture and assumed Carson would be the cause. He thinks if he had focused on a photo of Carson by himself, he might have realized Carson was not the real danger.

In Chapter 16: “The End of the Game,” Edgar woke and remembered the sketch Ilse had insisted that he give her, the one with the tennis balls. When Edgar finally had Ilse on the phone, Edgar realized something had been working on Ilse. She cried out that the voice on the phone was not her father, it was Perse, she had a dream in which she had seen...