The Woman in White: The Third Epoch: Part 5, Chapter 2 Summary & Analysis

Shortly after this, Walter is offered a job as an artist for a newspaper, which he happily accepts. His first job sends him to Paris, and he takes Pesca with him, as Pesca has been in low spirits since the events with Count Fosco. On their last day, Walter returns to Pesca’s hotel room and meets the foreign stranger, whom he saw at the opera, leaving Pesca’s room. When he goes inside, Pesca seems frightened and begs Walter to leave Paris with him that morning. Walter says that they cannot leave until the afternoon, and Pesca accepts this.

On his way through Paris that afternoon, returning from his work, Walter passes the morgue and sees a huge crowd gathered outside to see the bodies. He approaches the glass and sees the body of Count Fosco. The Count has been stabbed in the heart and his body dumped in the river. Walter states that justice came for the Count after all, and notes that Madame Fosco spent the rest of her life writing books about her husband’s political career.