Summary

The next chapter is titled “Narrative of Gus Landor: 5.” Fry's body is decomposing though it is submerged in alcohol and ice. Landor confirms no one has found a suicide note. They discuss that Fry's feet reached the ground, which does not rule out suicide if he was determined to die. Landor says the rope burns on Fry's neck and injuries on his fingers indicate he fought. A lump on the back of Fry's head confirms he was hit. Landor pries Fry's hand open to retrieve a note. There are only a few letters remaining. Landor says Fry was lured from his room and attacked. Later, a cadet, mostly hidden behind a tree, introduces himself as Cadet Fourth Classman Edgar A. Poe. Poe is a few years older than most of the cadets. Poe says “The man you're looking for is a poet” (66). He...