In this final chapter of the novel, we learn that Detective Pezzini is a member of the local police force. He has been summoned to appear before the local authorities. He tells us that the woman he saw riding a horse last night was "skin and bones" . She almost trampled someone, and then disappeared into thin air. He wants to know who this woman is, how she came to be in the city, and how she can help him. The woman he describes is called "Marinette of the Dry Arms" and she can free someone from bondage or drag someone back into it. She is a protector of the men who wear the wolf's skin. This is a voodoo, she says, but for her to appear in full she must be a spirit of some kind. He wonders what he is supposed to do, and wonders if he is a police officer. He says that he suspects that he is much more than that. He asks if he should have his head examined, and he wonders if it is the usual way for a policeman to examine his head. He also wonders if there is a partner or a badge on his head, and if he would be called upon to find out who this "thing of hers" is. He thinks that she is a "fugly bitch" and that she must have been responsible for the "orthodox murders" of the city. He is glad that she has come to the rescue of the angels. He feels that he should be back home safe in his walkup, hiding under his covers, and listening to the death cab for a "queer" on his ipod.