Mayor Thorin is murdered by Roy Depape who leaves Cuthbert's bird skull known as ' The Lookout' at the scene. Rhea does eventually discover their affair and sets out to get her revenge upon Susan. She had told Susan to cut off all her hair after she loses her virginity, but Roland was able to prevent her from doing so. They sleep together and Rhea of the Cöos nearly ruins all with her hypnotic suggestion to Susan. Susan breaks her promise to Mayor Thorin and her aunt, Cordelia Delgado, to remain a virgin until she goes to his bed as his gilly. Meanwhile, Roland's and Susan's love grows. The presence of mercenaries known as the Big Coffin Hunters is strange for such a small town and there are far more horses than they have been told to expect. They quickly realize that all is not as it seems. The group is tasked to count goods, goods of all kind that the Affiliation may need in the fight against John Farson.

There, Roland meets Susan Delgado, the 'lovely girl at the window.' The three boys travel to the town of Hambry, in the Barony of Mejis, and use the names Will Dearborn, Arthur Heath, and Richard Stockworth. He was sent away in order to prevent him from being killed by Marten Broadcloak. Roland is sent east from Gilead with Cuthbert and Alain after his early test of manhood. The story that he tells them is the story of his lost love, Susan Delgado, and his first ka-tet. Night falls and Roland tells them his story There is a thinny along the road that reminds Roland of the one he encountered before in Mejis. Their only choice is to continue in the same direction that Blaine was heading, along I-70. They also realize that they have left the Path of the Beam. There is a baseball team called the Kansas City Monarchs, a car named the Takuro Spirit, and the soda brand Nozz-A-La. Eddie finds a new wheelchair for Susannah and they discover that this Topeka is subtly different from their own. The group wanders into the city of Topeka and realizes that everyone is dead of the superflu or 'Captain Trips' (a reference to The Stand). Blaine continues down the tracks, but slows down enough for the group to survive the impact. Blaine's mechanical brain is fried from the effort involved in answering the jokes. He uses the jokes that Roland had previously declared 'unworthy' and foolish. Eddie is the one who finally stumps Blaine. He answers Roland's Fair Day riddles and all of the riddles from Jake's book, Riddle-De-Dum.

Blaine is able to answer every riddle posed to him without pause. The book begins with the riddling contest between Roland's ka-tet and Blaine the Mono. The majority of the book is told in flashback, chronicling the story of Roland's first love. The book's subtitle is REGARD, fitting with the other 'R' subtitles that appear in all of the books. The Wind Through the Keyhole Wizard and Glass is the fourth book in Stephen King's The Dark Tower Series.

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