Bârgău Pass of the Wrights' carriage accident is the location bound to the Wright family's supposed carriage disaster—and to Glynis Wright's later disclosure that the disaster story concealed a murder. The pass enters the account through questions about the family's deaths; Glynis identifies Vlad Dracula as their killer, overturning the explanation Andrew Wright had been given.

The Pass and the Reported Accident

Andrew Wright recalls that his family died in a strange accident and asks Glynis what happened on the mountain. His questions join the place to the loss that has remade their family: Glynis is alive, but veiled and frightened, while Andrew is left without the rest of his family. The conversation presents the accident as the account Andrew has been living with, not as an established explanation of what occurred.

Glynis's Disclosure

When Ignatius asks whether her family died at Bârgău Pass, Glynis rejects the premise that the deaths were an accident. She tells him that Vlad Dracula killed them. Her answer makes the pass the setting of a concealed family massacre, though the account does not describe the terrain, the carriage, or the precise events there.

Narrative Significance

The location's importance lies in the reversal between the public cover story and Glynis's knowledge. Andrew's plea for the truth at first exposes the gap between what he suspects and what Glynis can safely tell him; later, speaking privately to Ignatius, she names the killer. Bârgău Pass thus marks both the Wright family's destruction and the secret Glynis carries to protect Andrew, the sole surviving member of her family besides herself.