In this chapter, the Governess explains that she was not responsible for the deaths of her parents. The Governess says that she had locked herself in and tried to starve herself to death, but that her parents had come to deal with the situation. She is sorry that she did not prevent her parents from being killed, but she says that the death sentence is too harsh and that she will not be able to forget what she has done to him. She says that if she had not locked herself up, she would have been able to have killed herself. She also says that it is not proper for a court member to choose an undead to serve as her charge. She adds that she has chosen the boy because he is a vampire and not because of any compassion she has for him.