Boris's plan is sketchy and largely unexplained. Why does Theo jump in so quickly with relatively few questions?
Again, there seems to be a final goodbye to Pippa. What does Theo's "tableau" show us?
p. 649 Amsterdam is described as being "like a place where you might come to let the water close over your head." Is this foreshadowing? Explain.
During their breakfast meeting after arriving in Amsterdam, Boris becomes somewhat menacing. Why does he seem so unpredictable and criminal in this scene? What makes it so menacing?
Why, with all the potential danger, is Boris concerned with a parking ticket?
The retrieval of the painting seemed to go too smoothly. How might that have foreshadowed the chaos that was to ensue in the parking garage?
p. 695 "Time destroys us all soon enough. But to destroy, or lose, a deathless thing -- to break bonds stronger than the temporal -- was a metaphysical uncoupling all its own, a startling new flavor of despair." Thoughts on this quote? How is it significant?
Why does Theo think of his father at the end of the chapter? How does that fit with the scene? What does that last sentence mean to you?
And what about the passport that was left in the car...?