The chapter opens with a description of the witches' black magic scriptures, which are found in the basement of a house. The narrator explains that the books contain curses that are used by witches in their rituals. The house is described as a "hellish" place, with a locked door leading to the basement. When the narrator returns to the house, he finds that his sister is waiting for him. She tells him that she has gone to the books to find out what curses are used in witchcraft. He asks her where she went, and she says that she went off to her books. She says that seeing him makes her happy, and that it must have been her first time in her life that she fell in love.
The chapter opens with a description of the witches' black magic scriptures, which are found in the basement of a house. The narrator explains that the books contain curses that are used by witches in their rituals. The house is described as a "hellish" place, with a locked door leading to the basement. When the narrator returns to the house, he finds that his sister is waiting for him. She tells him that she has gone to the books to find out what curses are used in witchcraft. He asks her where she went, and she says that she went off to her books. She says that seeing him makes her happy, and that it must have been her first time in her life that she fell in love.