![]() ![]() The narrator watches her and comes to fall for her, relived to see that she rejects the advances of Morel. Alongside these oddities, he finds himself increasingly attracted to one of the guests in particular, an insular and attractive woman named Faustine, who sits by herself on a rock daily. A wall demolished with a crowbar is undamaged the following day. And yet suddenly, unaccountably, on this oppressive summerlike night, the grassy hillside has become crowded with people who dance, stroll up and down, and swim in the pool, as if this were a summer resort like Los Teques or Marienbad.Īs time passes, he notices other odd phenomena: there are now two suns and then two moons in the sky. I have not slept soundly since my escape I am sure that if a ship, a plane, or any other form of transportation had arrived, I would have heard it. The music and the shouting woke me up a few hours later. There seems to be no sign of a boat, which must surely have brought them to the island. ![]() Every day they listen to the same two songs repeatedly and dance outside regardless of the weather. He finds their behaviour somewhat strange. Convinced they will report him to the authorities if they find him, he hides out in tidal marches close by, watching to try and work out why the group are there and what they plan to do. His solitary existence is one day shattered by the sudden and inexplicable arrival of a group of tourists, led by the titular Morel. ![]()
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