Part 1, Chapters 5 and 6 Summary

Chapter 5 - Karen (in the room she shares with Scott) contemplates a present he brought her - a print of a pencil sketch drawn of Mao Zedong drawn by an artist with a pale face and a shock of white hair whose name she cannot immediately remember, but then recalls as Andy.

Down in the kitchen, Bill and Scott argue over whether Bill should go back to work, with Bill saying he wants to take a walk with the women while the light is good and Scott insisting Bill should go upstairs and get started.

Brita goes into Bill's workroom to look for a cigarette. Bill comes in, and their conversation reveals that Brita is to leave that evening (after dark, so she can't see where she is) and that she has an intuition that she will die before...