Book 2, Part 11 Summary

The men of Peyton Place fought the fires as best they could, but didn't get any closer to extinguishing them. Leslie Harrington insists upon opening his carnaval as usual, in spite of the fires. And, in spite of the fires, everyone in town turns out to have fun, as Harrington predicted they would. Allison is there with Constance and Makris, in spite of feeling ill. She's also reconciled with Kathy Ellsworth, with whom she goes into the fun house (which is also a house of horrors). Suspense builds in the narration as the author offers a long description of the fun/horror house and explains the chain of events that leads to Kathy falling through a usually covered hole and into the machinery operating the mechanisms. Allison runs outside to Constance and Makris, laughing and crying hysterically. Makris tries to get...