Question about Mrs. Taswell


I'm not sure about the movie, but in the book Mrs. Taswell just ups and disappears. Does anyone know the significance or meaning of why she just disappears? At first I thought she must have stolen and run off with the valuable Girl on A Swing statue but she didn't. In her last scenes in the book she hears the crying child while with Alan which leads me to believe that maybe Mrs. Taswell is psychic as well. It still doesn't explain why she would just disappear after that night. And why aren't they more concerned that this odd woman just vanishes with no explanation?

Please help! I've searched the internet and no one else seems to have this question.

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Someone who had read the book (I haven't) said that Mrs. Taswell was a mermaid herself. Remember in the film, she leaves the note saying "I did what I came to do." What was that? Help bring Alan and Karin together?

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I always wondered that myself. In the book the dim, clueless Mrs Taswell offers some much needed comic relief, and then she just leaves with no explanation, right after exploring the garden with Alan as the impending crisis escalates. Strange.

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