Summary

In [36], back at home, her husband asked her to join her outside to see something urgent, and he led her out to the backyard to show her evidence that the SUV from the gym was not a phantom. There were cigarettes on the ground forming a circle, to Jane, it was clear someone was watching but she tried to downplay the severity and turned it on her husband, saying it could be one of his unhappy clients. In [38] she stayed outside to survey the yard, she did not want to think it was Langer, she thought about the mystery, and wondered if it was "the damage" that "lures" her in (108).

In [39], after her husband reassured her after their argument in the yard, Jane turned back to her book, Furtown. The author personified the animal transferring from death to taxidermy, applauding the skill of...