The Morning After the Ball

The narrator wakes late to find Maxim did not come to bed. She feels their marriage is a failure. She receives a note from Beatrice, who has left. She telephones Frank, who is evasive. She then confronts Mrs Danvers in Rebecca's room. Mrs Danvers is crying and reveals her hatred for Maxim and her devotion to Rebecca. She tells the narrator that Maxim never loved her and that she should leave Manderley. She tries to persuade the narrator to jump from the window.