The chapter opens with a description of the estate, which is described as belonging to the "vaughn family" . The narrator tells us that the estate has been a part of the "von hunter family" for generations, but that the family didn't have the keys to the estate until recently. When the narrator asks what the people around the estate have been calling him, the narrator tells him that he hasn't come up with his name yet. He also tells the narrator that he's glad to see him again, because he'll remember everything except the name. He then asks the narrator if he remembers the maid, and the narrator assures him that she's sworn to "route filff" from the estate wherever it may take her. He gives the narrator some enchanted gauntlets that he can use to hurl at enemies, and he also gives him a re-deathilizer, a super-anti-midian crossbow, and a gauntlet of mystical earrings to throw at enemies. He says that if the gauntlets are properly used, they'll be able to "defeat any foe." The narrator then asks miriam if she has a secret laboratory, and she says that she doesn't, because the flushing sound from the laboratory keeps coming from there. She also says that the maid just showed up at the asylum one day, and that she escaped there okay, so they're going to find the guy who scared her off for a "widow" , and then they can go play billiards.