Part 2, Chapters 11-18 Summary

Chapter 11: Edmund, tired and confused, stares at the door Dupin has just exited. Edmund doesn't know whether or not to believe Dupin. He decides to follow Dupin to see if he goes where he said he was going, to see Mrs. Whitman. If Dupin actually meets her at the cemetery, Edmund will consider Dupin trustworthy. If Dupin has lied about his plans for the day, Edmund will leave. Edmund catches up to Dupin on Wickenden Street and follows him, but Edmund sees he is not the only one following Dupin. Another figure darts after Dupin along the foggy street. Edmund tells himself that the flitting figure is only his imagination, like the ghost he thought he saw the night before. Edmund continues to follow Dupin and is disappointed when Dupin enters the First Unitarian Church, thinking Dupin has lied...