▁helps ▁her ▁clean ▁up ▁the ▁crime ▁scene ▁and ▁advis es ▁her ▁to ▁tell ▁the ▁police ▁the ▁truth . ▁She ▁instead ▁bl ames ▁the ▁murder ▁on ▁Brad ley ; ▁he ▁is ▁put ▁under ▁arrest . ▁ ▁Brad ley ' s ▁arrest , ▁trial , ▁and ▁conv iction ▁for ▁Arnold ' s ▁murder ▁are ▁briefly ▁described . ▁The ▁police ▁attribute ▁the ▁murder ▁to ▁Brad ley ' s ▁je alous y ▁of ▁Arnold ' s ▁writer ly ▁success . ▁No ▁one ▁can ▁cor ro bor ate ▁Brad ley ' s ▁version ▁of ▁events ; ▁Francis ' s ▁obviously ▁bi ased ▁account ▁only ▁har ms ▁his ▁cause . ▁Thus , ▁his ▁affairs ▁with ▁both ▁Rach el ▁and ▁Julian , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Arnold ' s ▁affair ▁with ▁Christian , ▁remain ▁secret . ▁Rach el ▁appears ▁as ▁a ▁gr ieving ▁wid ow , ▁whereas ▁Brad ley ▁appears ▁as ▁a ▁cruel , ▁possibly ▁hom osex ual ▁soci op ath . ▁He ▁is ▁conv icted ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁prison . ▁Brad ley ▁then ▁clos es ▁his ▁account ▁from ▁his ▁prison ▁cell , ▁re aff irm ing ▁his ▁love ▁for ▁Julian . ▁ ▁The ▁Post - Script s ▁by ▁the ▁D ram atis ▁Person ae ▁This ▁section ▁is ▁told ▁from ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁characters , ▁each ▁being ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁had ▁the ▁lux ury ▁of ▁reading ▁the ▁main ▁section ▁before ▁draft ing ▁their ▁responses . ▁ ▁Each ▁interpre ts ▁the ▁action ▁differently , ▁foc using ▁on ▁separate ▁issues ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁self ish ▁degree .