It was Ennis who set the fire the night that everybody died. The house, well, the family, was possessed by a demon known as "Mother."Mother convinced him to do so, but even though the house burned down, Mother stayed with him, so I don't think she was contained in the home.
If the proper "dues" are paid, Mother will help them succeed beyond their wildest imagination. Edith paid the dues by sacrificing her finger. So did Ennis. And the book's end describes Guinevere writing the final book in her mother's series. And she is missing a finger.
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