.Ingrid demonstrations, however eventually relentsu00e2 $” she understands her responsibility to her friend, yet sheu00e2 $ s also knowledgeable about the stakes, that include prospective illegal fees if the police hear of her prior knowledge of Marthau00e2 $ s intents. They journey up, but at that point immediately need to return to New york city when Martha displaces the pillu00e2 $” in a heart-pumping series they switch her house upside-down looking for it. (To get yet another illegally, she points out, will be far also challenging.) When Ingrid locates it, in a pouch scrawled with the word u00e2 $ Bye-bye, u00e2 $ you wonder if sheu00e2 $ ll hand it overu00e2 $” yet she does.Over the following few days, back in their brand new country home, both lay out their guideline: Martha urges that Ingrid ought to try to enjoy herself (though certainly not blog about their adventure, lest the authorities discover itu00e2 $” though, naturally, she does), and wait till sheu00e2 $ s all set.
After that, Ingrid will certainly discover Marthau00e2 $ s cherry-red room door shut, and also thatu00e2 $ ll be the verification that sheu00e2 $ s gone.Thereu00e2 $ s a type of Hitchcockian dread within this part of the tale, specifically the gos of Ingrid climbing up the stairs to inspect the ranking of the door once again as well as againu00e2 $” but additionally an appreciated dosage of morbid humor. Martha mentions desiring to make love along with a mutual friend, Damien (Severanceu00e2 $ s John Turturro), againu00e2 $” a common fanatic from their past, along with whom Ingrid is actually still in touch. Ingrid likewise goes to the health club, as well as faints to locate herself out of breath and haggard, all of a sudden worried concerning her own death, as well.
In one of my favorite patterns, Ingrid views the door is finalized and promptly throws up as well as sheds tears, but then an ashen and ghostly Martha, worn white, comes downstairs, mentioning sheu00e2 $ d opened up a window as well as the wind had actually goofed closed. Ingrid is actually furious.Photo: u00c2 u00a9 El Deseo, photograph through Iglesias Mu00c3 u00a1 s.