This chapter opens with a conversation between the protagonist and his companion, Pamela. Pamela tells the protagonist that he has not been getting many customers lately. He tells him that a dead man is in front of the cafe. He asks the protagonist if he would like to try a reading of a tarot card. The protagonist says that the card represents a "critical lack of humanity" and that it signifies "unexpected change" and "new choices" . He warns the protagonist not to be so mean to the reader as to make him feel like a "curtain over someone's eyes." Pamela says that she will be back later to give him some hot chocolate. He says that he knows he's here somewhere and that he gave him a good fortune in the year 1237. He tells Pamela that he can borrow his magic powers and that his daughter can have a long life. He also says that his wife is pregnant with their child and that they must protect themselves from the devil. He adds that his eleven-year-old daughter is free from sin and that the child will be the "devil's spawn" since her mother has confessed her sin. He goes on to say that he will take his daughter to a monastery to see if the woman is put to death for her crime. He claims that he almost fell for the "wanton witch" who used beauty and charm to seduce innocent people and that if he had not listened to him, he wouldn't have been here.