Strangers On A Train

Patricia HighsmithFiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1950

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Chapters 39-43Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 39 Summary

Bruno has a nightmare about being chased through a forest by Gerard. Guy is tied up and bleeding in the dream. Bruno shouts to Guy in his sleep and wakes to see Gerard watching him. Gerard knows that he met Guy on the train to Santa Fe, about the book on Plato and the calls to Metcalf.

Chapter 40 Summary

Guy completes work on the hospital drawings. He receives a telegram from his old friend Bob Treacher, who commissions him to build a bridge in Alberta. Bruno calls to inform Guy that Gerard has discovered the book on Plato and consolidate their story. Guy goes to meet Anne for lunch.

Chapter 41 Summary

Gerard connects the Haines murder with the Captain's, and questions Bruno, then Bruno and Guy together. Guy denies meeting Bruno on the train and Gerard discredits this with the waiter's testimony. Gerard links the two murders, but not conclusively.