The chapter opens with a flashback to the time when the vampire was still a child. He tells the boy that he has recovered his body and is ready to go back to his old life. The boy asks if he believes in him, and the boy tells him that he does. When the boy asks why he came, the boy says that he came to see if he believed in him. He also tells him he wants to stay by his side no matter what happens. He asks the boy if he really agreed to marry merigina, and when the boy replies that he did, he asks if the boy really meant to get engaged to her. He then asks if it is true that he is going to marry her, and she replies that it is not true. She then asks him why he is coming, and he tells her that he will take care of all the things in the house, so that they will not be discovered by the authorities. She asks him if he means to go to the mountains with her, but he says he will meet her and her brother there at midnight the next day. He says that it will be safer there, since the authorities will not catch them, and they will be able to ambush them if they do not have time to do so. The