The Turn of the Screw, Chapter 6 summary

What happens

1. Mrs. Grose accepts the governess’s account despite seeing nothing herself, and they agree to support each other.
2. The governess insists that Quint seeks Miles and imagines protecting the children by bearing every apparition herself.
3. Mrs. Grose describes Quint’s excessive familiarity, power over the household, and influence over the children.
4. The governess recounts Quint’s fatal fall and begins closely watching the children while embracing her role as their defender.
5. While Miles reads indoors, the governess accompanies Flora to the lake and senses a watcher across the water.
6. Flora quietly builds a toy boat with her back toward the lake, and the governess finally turns toward the unknown figure.

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