This page highlights one of the most significant mentions of the monkey. As S. is walking around he feels a drip of wine on his forehead, and then hears a furious scream from Vévoda followed by the joyful shriek of the monkey. S. follows the noises to find Vévoda attempting to shoot the monkey, while the monkey hopped throughout the wine barrels pulling out the bungs, as the wine poured to the floor.

Wine barrels and bungs.

Within the margins, Eric states, “I’m so glad Filomela never opened that envelope.“ The envelope he was mentioning was that which enclosed the ending written by Straka. Jen then responds saying, “Yeah. I have nightmares about his version. All those women…” Eric, somewhat in defense of Straka responds by saying, “I don’t think he was trying to shock readers. I think he really felt like he’d failed them all.“ This is the end of the conversation between Jen and Eric within the margins on this page, but it is clear that they approve of the ending written by FXC.