This chapter opens with a description of a "wolf choir" of 13 people who have come to the sanctuary to "spread the curse" on a human being. The narrator tells us that the human being who has spread the curse is a pilgrim who has come to protect the sanctuary from the wolves. He tells us to "open your eyes" and to "test saturn back" . This is a reference to the fact that the pilgrim has already left the sanctuary, and that the wolves have already killed him. He warns us to keep an eye on