This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between the Governess and Jackson Small. The Governess tells Jackson that she has gone to school perfumed with a man's cologne. Jackson Small is a well-respected lawyer in the community, and the man who sent the cologne is probably the new master of the family. The new master must know about the family's promise to their great-great-grandma, and he must also be aware of the promise made to his grandmother by her late husband.