Chapter 8, The Open Eyes of the Deadwoman; Chapter 9, Lewd Animals; Chapter 10, Granero's Eye Summary

Marcelle goes into the wardrobe and hangs herself. When the narrator finds her body Simone insists that he take Marcelle's body out of the wardrobe and lays her on the floor. Then Simone allows the narrator to take her virginity. Afterward, Simone urinates on Marcelle's face, but is unsatisfied due to Marcelle's inability to respond. Later, the couple runs away in fear of the police investigation. Simone suggests they go to Spain where she knows a rich Englishman who once offered to support her. In Spain Simone and the narrator find a greater amount of freedom to explore their sexual obsessions. They also discover bull fighting.

Simone finds bull fighting exciting because of the violence of it. Simone particularly...