Book 2, Chapter 9 Summary

The scene that unfolds is Evey's dream. She is dressing up for a party wearing the same dress from when she went to see Bishop Lilliman in Chapter 6. She is sitting at a dressing table. Her father appears and tells her that there is a Punch and Judy man at the party. He leads her to a room and suddenly Gordon appears. Gordon then takes her into a room that resembles the bishop's. She is growing confused about her surroundings and the people she is with. Her mother appears, and Evey walks away. Suddenly, she sees that she is in a retirement home and the party is for them, not her. She sees the Punch and Judy man whacking the heads off people, some of whom she recognizes. She tries to run out and realizes that she is being followed by...