aves her guests in the dining room, she reflects that the event has already slipped into the past. Later, she joins her husband in the parlor. The couple sits quietly together, until Mr. Ramsay's characteristic insecurities interrupts. He desires that his wife tell him she loves him. Mrs. Ramsay is not one to make such pronouncements, but she concedes to the point he made earlier in the day, the weather will be too rough for a trip to the lighthouse. And from this, he knows her love. Night falls, and one night quickly becomes another.
             Time passes more quickly as the book enters the "Time Passes" segment. War breaks out across Europe. Mrs. Ramsay dies suddenly one night. Andrew Ramsay is killed in battle, and his sister Prue dies from an illness related to childbirth. Brackets surround the accounts of these traumatic events in the text. The family no longer vacations at their summerhouse, which falls into a state of disrepair. Weeds take over the garden and spiders nest in the house. Ten years pass before the family returns. Mrs. McNab, the housekeeper, employs a few other women to help set the house in order. They rescue the house from oblivion and decay, and everything is in order when Lily Briscoe returns at the opening of "The Lighthouse."
             In "The Lighthouse" section, time returns to the slow detail of shifting points of view, similar to "The Window." Mr. Ramsay declares that he and James and Cam will journey to the lighth
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