Nora finds her way to a taxi and asks the driver if he knows where the Glass House is. Nora only has the £20 that Nina left her, but the driver agrees to take her anyway. Exhausted, Nora falls asleep on the drive. The driveway to the house remains blocked from the main road, so Nora must walk the long way in her flip flops, through the snow and cold. She is very weak, having just left the hospital after her accident, and her feet begin to bleed. She presses on, thinking of James and his last words. She considers that he was trying to ask her why she sent him the text begging him to come to the house.

Nora thinks that Flo must have sent the text: “I think again of her strange intensity, of her huge, explosive, terrifying love for Clare” (289). Nora wonders if Flo thought James was a threat to her relationship with Clare or if she simply wanted to strike out at Nora, Clare’s former best friend. The walk is arduous, and Nora, weak and tired, forces herself forward. She knows that she must discover the truth.