Rebecca Chapter 7

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…for a dead woman. And though Mrs. Danvers may look skeleton-like and frail, her powers overcome physical reality, just as Rebecca is able to make use of her influence at Manderley despite her very death. It is thus Rebecca, and not Mrs. De Winter, who is the true mistress of Manderley; and as such she seeks to deny Mrs. De Winter her identity to ensure that her shadow forever eclipse this new Mrs. de Winter.