The third-person narrative continues more or less throughout the book.

"John had money, family, power, good health, high regard, many friends," the narrative continues.

Laura's narrative to Marianne begins in the third letter and continues through the fifteenth letter.

"The plain and the land around the fall were regarded as peculiarly Indian land," the narrative continues.

The narrative then continues to follow him into hell.

The narrative then jumps back in time to "several months before the wedding" (15) and continues chronologically from this point on.

After this opening, the narrative continues with the birth of Jesus Christ and his life.

One character may walk over to another as if to relive a flashback moment in the present, but the moment passes and the narrative continues.

As the narrative continues, Martha calls her sister Mary to see Jesus.

When that happens, the game soldiers on, and the narrative continues without that character's participation.