Chapter 17 Summary

Lestat is seeing visions of the devil. Dora is also staying in the apartment above the St. Patrick's Cathedral with Lestat, David and Amadeo. Dora is the daughter of the man Lestat killed. Amadeo says she should hate Lestat because Lestat strips Amadeo of everything he has in Paris, and then does it again to Amadeo in new York.

Chapter 17 Analysis

The story Amadeo is telling foreshadows what was happening before Lestat wound up motionless in the chapel in New Orleans. Ironically, Dora seeks comfort from Lestat for her father's murder, when Lestat is the murderer.