This chapter opens with a brief description of the events that have taken place in the previous few minutes. It is clear that the events of this chapter are very important to the plot of the novel. The events that take place in this chapter relate to the previous events of the previous chapter, which are described in great detail in the chapter's epigraph. The epigraph is a quote from a poem by the same author, which was published in the same edition of the same novel as this chapter. The poem is