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It is Clarissa, he said.
Peter WalshMrs Dalloway · Section 12
11:00 PM — London
Section 12 of 12 · A Wednesday in June
The party is ending. Peter has been talking with Sally Seton. Then Clarissa appears. Peter sees her and knows her. "For there she was." The novel’s last three words.
Why This Matters
The novel’s final revelation. Clarissa returns from solitary communion with death. Peter sees and recognizes her — not the hostess, but Clarissa herself.
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Virginia Woolf
Roger Fry, 1912 · Public Domain