The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 18 summary
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In Chapter 18, Miles plays the piano while the governess loses track of Flora, whose disappearance she attributes to a plan involving the children and unseen companions. She leaves her sealed letter for Luke to collect and persuades Mrs. Grose to join her outside, leaving Miles in the schoolroom.
What happens
- The governess tells Mrs. Grose she has written, but keeps the sealed letter in her pocket.
- After an unusually successful morning of lessons, Miles offers to play the piano for her.
- Absorbed in his playing, the governess forgets to watch Flora and then discovers that she cannot find her.
- The governess and Mrs. Grose search discreetly, but neither locates the girl.
- The governess declares that Flora is with the unnamed woman and that Miles distracts her deliberately.
- She leaves her letter on the hall table for Luke and takes Mrs. Grose outside to search.
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