Part Four, Pale Fire: Chapter Fourteen Summary

The bulk of this chapter takes place in the basement of the restaurant Santa-Fe-by-the-Sea. Through 12 pages of dialog Joe and Rose discuss the events of the past few days. Joe is intent on finding Nina while Rose is intent on worrying about what she believes is the murder of the people with whom she has spoken. After yet more insistence by Joe to discover the whereabouts of Nina, Rose gives him the Polaroid snapshot she took of the headstone at his family's graves. He experiences strange sensations that Rose calls synesthesia. This leads to a discussion of science possibly being able to offer proof that there is an Afterlife. Joe loses his temper when he feels that he is being played for a fool. He angrily asks why she is being chased by...