Odalie sent Rose out for cigarettes, and when Rose returned, she heard police sirens. When Teddy encountered Rose in the city, she took him back to the hotel suite to settle the matter with Odalie. He tried to talk her through what was happening, but Rose remained insecure. Not long after their conversation, Rose and Odalie left the beach house.īack in the city, Rose questioned Gib about Odalie. After Warren’s death, Ginevra disappeared and Teddy thought Odalie might be her. He explained that Warren was engaged to a woman named Ginevra who bears a striking resemblance to Odalie.
While Rose was out for a swim, Teddy swam out to talk to her on a floating dock. Teddy recognized Odalie, but Odalie insisted she did not know him. While at the beach house, they encountered Teddy Tricott, a young man whose cousin Warren was killed in a train accident years earlier.
Rose felt out of place, especially since Odalie decided to show up without an invite. Odalie took Rose on a vacation to a beach house. She believed Odalie to be her kindred spirit.
She felt like she was being tested and she felt a need to belong. Rose felt scandalous out drinking and dancing, but could not seem to say no to Odalie. Odalie took Rose to a speakeasy, introduced Rose to her finance Gib, and Rose got drunk on champagne cocktails. Rose questioned how Odalie was able to afford the suite, and Odalie explained that her family has money. While Rose was nervous to make the move, she took Odalie up on her offer and moved into the hotel suite with Odalie. After Rose learned of a betrayal by Dotty, the woman who ran the boarding house, Odalie invited Rose to move in with her. She kept a notebook full of her observations about Odalie, from her own thoughts about her to Odalie’s work habits and social calendar. Rose then took it upon herself to keep a close eye on Odalie. Rose picked it up, and instead of telling Odalie about, tucked the brooch into her desk drawer. Odalie dropped a brooch one day as she left the precinct. Odalie was vibrant, exuded sex appeal, wore flapper dresses and cut her raven-colored hair in a chic bob. When Odalie, a new typist, was brought on board, Rose fixated on the young woman. She worked during the day and lived a quiet life at a boarding house. She begins with her time in New York City in 1925 in the age of Prohibition, when Rose was a typist in a police precinct, typing up the confessions of murderers, sitting in the interrogation room with the Sergeant. She recalls the events that led her to her confinement. The Other Typist is told from the first-person narration of Rose Baker, who is currently confined to a mental hospital. This study guide uses the Berkley trade paperback edition.
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