I bring these to you in parts so I can keep in better contact while I do these very last pages. I want to have it all finished by September 1st, hopefully midnight, but that means I'll be staring at my computer screen quite a lot for the next ~28 hours!

So here is part 1 of chapter 51.

Sorry I haven't named this yet. I realized it was unnamed and I really can't make a decision last minute. I'm going to probably reread the part of the book that served as inspiration for some little something. For those of you who have read Leroux, I'm sure this chapter will invoke a VERY specific scene.

It was... quite insane to write. And yet I knew all along it would happen, even on those days Lily fell asleep on the attic rug after Erik brought her tea.

( Chapter 51 (Part 1) )