Chapter 34, Counterpoint Summary

Hilde wonders about the book and how it ends. She asks herself if her father really thinks that Hilde's world is as absurd as the Garden party. Back with Sophie and Alberto, they run into the Major's cabin and disappear through a trapdoor. In Hilde's world, she works out her plan to play jokes on her father and to escape from his authority, on a certain level. At least she wants to show her father how it feels to be constantly watched, provoked and ordered around. Hilde sends letters about her plan to Anne Kvamsdal in Copenhagen, Denmark. In addition to Anne and her husband, Hilde recruits most of her friends to help her. Hilde also works with her mother to prepare a celebration for Mid Summer Eve at Bjerkely, their house.

And what has happened to Sophie and Alberto? This...