The owner pressures him into having Simone's regular order, which is then always given to him without being ordered, against his preferences. Frequenting the nearby café which Simone also patronised, he is recognized as the new tenant of her apartment. He receives a postcard that Badar had posted before realising Simone had died. Trelkovsky updates and comforts the man and spends the night out with him. He receives a visit from one Georges Badar, who secretly loved Simone and has believed her to be alive and well. Trelkovsky turns the record down, but his friend tells the neighbour that he will play his music as he wants, and that he does not care about his sick wife. A neighbour politely asks him to turn down the music, as his wife is ill and trying to sleep. He visits the apartment of one of his work friends, who plays a marching band record at a spitefully loud volume. He discusses this with his friends, who do not find things strange and belittle him for not standing up to his neighbours. He frequently sees his neighbors standing motionless in the toilet room (which he can see from his own window), and discovers a hole in the wall with a human tooth stashed inside. Trelkovsky attempts to adapt to his situation, but is increasingly disturbed by the apartment and the other tenants. Later, Trelkovsky calls up the hospital to enquire about Simone, and is told she has died.Īs Trelkovsky occupies the apartment he is chastised repeatedly by his neighbors and landlord, Monsieur Zy, for hosting a party with his friends, apparently having a woman over, making too much noise in general, and not joining in on a petition against another neighbor.
They leave together and go out for a drink and a movie (1973's Enter The Dragon), where Stella fondles him. Trelkovsky tries to comfort Stella but dares not say that he never knew Simone, instead pretending to be another friend. The matron insists they leave, having already informed Trelkovsky that he may not speak to Choule. Stella is overwhelmed with emotion and begins talking to Simone, who looks towards her visitors and screams monstrously. Whilst still at Simone's bedside, Trelkovsky meets Simone's friend, Stella, who has also come to visit. He visits Simone in the hospital but finds her entirely in bandages and unable to talk. Before moving in officially, he meets the concierge, who shows the apartment to him, and also shows him where Simone fell. Trelkovsky, a quiet and unassuming man, rents an apartment in Paris whose previous tenant, Egyptologist Simone Choule, attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself out of the window and through a pane of glass below. ( September 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise.
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