Section 6: Part 3 Summary

Kate takes over the narration of the main book at this point, giving her perspective on how and why she has sought out Andrew Borden. She tells of her family and its history briefly but then focuses on the particular night that she met Nicholas Borden. Kate remembers her family preparing to receive a visitor, and the man was Clive Borden, along with his son Nicholas. Kate tells how she and her sister entertained the boy for hours before dinner and how, after dinner, the adults began a debate which the children were not welcomed into. She notes that her father was in a mood she often feared at that age.

She also tells of a basement door which she was afraid of and how her sister would tell her stories that fed that fear. The night of the visit is...