chapter 11

Clay is trying to decide where to go next when he hears Tony call his name. Tony blinks his car lights and tells Clay to get in.

"You are the ninth person I've had to follow," he says (11.16). It turns out he has the second set of tapes, the set that's supposed to be made public if the people on the tapes don't follow Hannah's rules. (See "Cassette 1: Side A.")

Tony asks Clay how far into the tapes he is, and Clay tells him he just finished Ryan's tape.

Clay wants to know why Hannah gave Tony the second set. (So do we.)

Tony says he'll explain after Clay listens to the next one – Clay's tape.

He offers to drive Clay while he listens, and Clay agrees. He's crying as he presses the play button.

Clay's tape starts like this: "Romeo, oh Romeo. Wherefore art though, Romeo".

Hannah says that she wanted to know Clay better because nobody ever said anything bad about him. People only had good things to say.

It became a game she played: "How long could I go on hearing nothing but good things about Clay Jensen?"

Hannah says she's sure her listeners are thinking she's about to reveal something