The chapter opens with a soliloquy by the Governess, in which she tells the audience that she is going to a very important meeting tonight. The Governess tells her audience that the wind is too strong for her to perform the trick, but that she will be able to do it anyway. She tells them that she has a feeling that they will call on her, and that she had a feeling she would be calling on them. She says that she wants to believe that "nothing in the world" is unnecessary, but she is sorry that "twist fall fall" has taken place. She adds that she feels a sense of "residual sibility" because she has no interest in "participating purpose" in the forest. She asks her father what he is doing next, and he replies that he feels that he has "no interest" in participating in the Forest. He tells her that the only way they can meet again is by confrontation. He says that he is afraid that they have taken her out of the forest, and she will probably never return to it.