This chapter's epigraph is from the opening lines of Chapter 1 of the novel, which is entitled "What a horrible look" . It's a quote from the play's opening lines, in which a young girl is cast into a storm. The young girl's name is Lucy, and she's the protagonist of the story. She's an orphan who's been raised by her family to be a member of the elite clan of the Xing. Lucy is the protagonist's mother, and Lucy's father is the founder of the clan. Lucy and her father have been married for