Chapter 3 Summary

Cecilia, with her new mature outlook, has discovered since returning to Los Angeles that her father is not the man she thought he was, though Stahr is more of a man than she ever realized. In this realization, Cecilia has decided to give the reader an overview of Stahr's day in order to illustrate this revelation.

Stahr begins his day in the office where he spent the night with his secretary, Miss Doolan, going over the day's appointments while he shaves. Apparently, a cameraman that Stahr is acquainted with somehow managed to get onto the lot without security noticing him and tried to commit suicide by jumping from a balcony. The man has only managed to break his arm. Stahr is concerned about this and asks Miss Doolan to find out more about it.

Miss Doolan then begins to read off his messages...