Summary

The numerical ordering of "Annie Makes a Mistake" is not in the source text, but the writer of this study guide has done so to easily differentiate between similarly titled sections.

The End:

The narrator reveals that this is a story about Annie, and that though the story begins at the end, all endings are also beginnings. At the time of her death, Annie was a nurse, getting married just shy of her 31st birthday. Her fiance was Paulo, who she had met as a lonely child in their grade school playing ground. They exchanged their wedding vows with fourteen hours till Annie's death. Though she was enjoying her wedding with her beloved Paulo, Annie was filled with anxiety, an anxiety heightened when she saw a seemingly familiar old man in the wedding...