Chapters 4 through 6 Summary

Francesca goes to a party with an older girl named Julia, who has noted Francesca's dancing skill. Francesca hates the fact that everyone is smoking cigarettes and marijuana and drinking. She feigns illness and goes home early, vowing to never go to another party but to devote herself to her dance. She has a nightmare that night, involving Madame, her parents, and Julia. When she wakes, she blames the dream on exposure to the marijuana smoke at the party and again vows to never go to another party.

The next morning, she is careful to perform her morning rituals without touching the toilet. She also stares at herself in the mirror, disgusted that "Francesca" seems to have returned, though she determines to again put Kessa in control. She notes the "flab" of her breast and pinches it until the girl in...