Overview of chapter 6, Fog. The focus of each of the five sections :
1- Mark gives in to the N.I.C.E.
2 - Edgestow is in turmoil due to the N.I.C.E.
- Mark gets help writing his Alcasan rehabiliation piece.
- Hingiest's funeral.
3 - Mark enters the inner circle of the N.I.C.E.
4 - Mark completes his two newspaper editorials before the news happens.
5 - Jane has a dream-vision so terrifying it sends her off to St. Annes.
Synopsis of part 1 : Once again Mark goes to see Deputy Director Wither about having a position at Belbury. Only this time instead of speaking to Wither as a professional offering his services, Mark practically begs Wither for a job. Wither agrees, though only probationally and at a fraction of the salery he originally suggested to Mark. Mark rationalizes that he would have rejected such a puny offer, had he not been married. As Mark leaves Wither's office, "Fairy" Hardcastle is there to ask him if he has begun his work on Alcasan's rehabilitaion.