51 pages 1 hour read

Marlon James

The Book of Night Women

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2009

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Part 4: “Oriki” - Part 5: “Gehenna”

Part 4, Chapter 26 Summary

McClusky tells Quinn that he will take his house when he leaves and he’ll keep Lilith there too. Lilith points a loaded musket at him, Quinn threatens him, and he leaves. Quinn kisses Lilith deeply for the first time and after a while she closes her eyes.

The six women are planning the long-awaited revolt. Lilith watches Quinn and flashes back to what the six women said. She wonders how it is possible that she might want to be enslaved rather than free.

In the cave, Lilith tells Homer that their rebellion won’t lead to freedom and they’ll all get captured or killed. Homer is baffled that Lilith does not want to kill more white people and blames it on the fact that she lives with Quinn. Lilith says that killing them didn’t change anything, only that she’s haunted now. She says that after the initial rebellion, the militias or Maroons will get them. Homer says they will set up a country in the style of Africa with six villages in a circle.

In the morning Quinn tries to buy Lilith, and Wilson says no. He returns ranting about how he’s going to tell everyone about what

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