- Mrs. McNab doesn’t expect any of the family to come to the house ever again, so she swipes some flowers from the yard.
- She thinks about how dirty the house is, and how impossible it is for her to clean it properly. She’s old.
- Apparently the Ramsays have been sending Mrs. McNab regular money for the upkeep of the house, although they never visit.
- The house was never really vacated. There’s a brush and comb, for instance, set on the dressing table as if Mrs. Ramsay were expected to come back tomorrow.
- We take a trip down Mrs. McNab’s memory lane as she thinks about Mrs. Ramsay.
- Now the house is gross and moldy. Mrs. McNab goes into the nursery. The skull is still there, but it’s gone moldy. And there are apparently rats in the attic.
- Mrs. McNab figures she’s too old for all this.
- She locks up and leaves.