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V. E. Schwab

Gallant

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

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Interludes 3-4

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Part 3: “Things Unsaid”

Interlude 3 Summary

The master of the house, hungry, paces the estate’s barren grounds. The house is falling apart around him, but he doesn’t worry because all he needs is “her” to survive.

Part 3, Chapter 11 Summary

Olivia wakes from a dream of her mother to the sound of someone screaming. She runs from her room and finds that it’s Matthew. Edgar and Hannah have tied Matthew to the bed as he screeches in his sleep. Hannah feeds him a cloudy liquid and Edgar, seeing Olivia in the doorway, tells her that Matthew is just dreaming and that she should go back to bed.

Part 3, Chapter 12 Summary

This chapter begins with a journal excerpt in which Grace says that she gets no rest while sleeping because of the dreams.

The next morning, Olivia asks Hannah about the curious sculpture. Hannah doesn’t know anything about it but says Matthew might. Olivia goes out to the garden and asks Matthew in writing what happened to his father; as Matthew balks at the writing, Olivia realizes he can’t read. Matthew explains that he has a learning disability. Olivia instead draws Arthur Prior, and Matthew will only tell her that he died and that she doesn’t need to know more. Matthew then asks her if she’s being visited in her dreams yet; disturbed and confused, Olivia leaves.

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