Chapters 35-38 Summary and Analysis

In chapter thirty-five, Alice and Shura take a trip to Europe to attend a conference on nuclear medicine but also as a honeymoon. They first visit London but are very quickly off to Aachen, Germany where the conference is being held. When Alice and Shura first arrive in Aachen they cannot find anyone who speaks English to direct them to a hotel. Once Alice and Shura are settled into their hotel, they tour the city of Aachen, most notably the cathedral Dom. The next day after Shura delivers his lecture to the conference, Alice and Shura decide to take some 2C-I to deal with the culture shock of Germany. They begin to make love while on the drug, but Alice is overwhelmed by the feeling of an immensely powerful force outside the hotel window. Alice eventually concludes that this...