In this section Bernd dies, still trapped in the basement of the Hotel Of Bees. Werner, after sometime, is able to fix the radio. Von Rumpel enters Ettinnes house, where Marie-Laure is hiding. By the way he walks, Marie-Laure is able to recognize him.(Though the reader does not know how she knows him.) Von Rumpel has decided the jewel must be in the model of the city. That is what he begins looking for. Marie-Laure makes her way up to the attic where the transmitter is and hides there.
Chapter 81 Someone in the House
- Marie-Laure hears someone enter the house
- She realises the person is not her great uncle, or a rescuer
- Her father's voice keeps telling her to get up and hide, but she is frozen with fear
- After listening to the pattern in which the intruder steps she realises it is a German soldier she is familiar with
- She knows he is here for the Sea Of Flames
- She knows he is here for the Sea Of Flames
- Marie-Laure manages to make her way into the attic to hide
- Bernd sits in the cellar dying while Werner and Volkheimer try to comfort him
- Bernd tells the story of how he visited his father and then left early, for no other reason than just to leave
- These were his last words, he dies soon after
- These were his last words, he dies soon after
- Werner continues to work on the radio
- Von Rumpel makes his was through Etinnes house looking for the Sea of Flames
- He looks through every floor and room before finding Marie-Laure's room
- In her room he finds the model of Saint-Malo, where he is sure the Sea of Flames is
- In her room he finds the model of Saint-Malo, where he is sure the Sea of Flames is
- Werner works on repairing the radio
- After a few attempts he fixes it
- Fixing it makes him feel like a child again
- Fixing it makes him feel like a child again
- After a few attempts he fixes it
- He flips through the stations but hears only static
- Marie-Laure sits terrified in the attic
- She remembers a fact about Etienne told her about snails, and how their hearts beat slower when scared
- She remembers a fact about Etienne told her about snails, and how their hearts beat slower when scared
- She makes her way up the latter, and is extra cautious not to make noise
- She listens for him but hears nothing, though she knows he is still here
- She curls up and falls asleep