The narrator tells us that he saw a woman in red walking along the river when he was about to go to the police station. She seemed to have a mental condition and was talking to herself. When he planned to leave, she climbed out of the water and grabbed a knife. The narrator called the police and found 17 dead bodies. The source of the fire was still under investigation. This was the second time in the last twelve years that the river had caught on fire, the first being in the same area in 2005. The narrator thanks the police for the details. He tells them that he has been sleeping for the past week. The police have picked up his phone and found it in the river. He says that he will come to see him for a gain. The doctor tells him that he is still in a weakened condition. He asks the girl if she wants to go back to Paris. The girl says that she would like to go, but that her mother is at home. She asks the narrator why he would not go, and the narrator tells her that he was going to Paris for the chance to go there. He also says that this must be the girl's secret.