The Sixth Veil (pgs. 277-291) Summary

It's spring and Ellen Cherry is in an adventurous mood as she leaves for work, leaving her purse, which contains a stowaway spoon, behind. The spoon has been in the apartment for five months now. Watching Ellen Cherry leave for work, the spoon hops up on the window ledge and slips and falls. As she falls, Spoon sees life flash before her, along with images that she never experienced.

Spoon doesn't hit the ground, though. She hits Raoul instead. Raoul is coming back to tell Ellen Cherry that the song he had written about her is about to be released nationally. The spoon knocks him out and the police arrive to investigate. Seeing Ellen Cherry's apartment window open, Detective Shaftoe goes up to find she's not there, but he does find a painting of a...