In this chapter, we learn that Dr. Bledsoe's mission was to kill witches in order to get men to fall in love with them. The goddess of the night, the Night Goddess, comes to the rescue of the young man. He has sprained his ankle and needs to be carried back to his house. He asks her to help him, but she refuses to do so, saying that she has already paid for the trip. The young man thanks her profusely for saving him, and she agrees to carry him back. He tells her that his mother is calling him for dinner, and he wants to know where she is staying. She tells him that she is in a hotel