This chapter opens with a flashback to the battle of the nine against the taoists. The narrator tells us that the previous generation of gypsies lost the battle, and that the memories of the battle are still vivid in the minds of the people of the egypt. He tells the story of how he injected his own blood into the girl so that she would become the "hex" . He also tells us about how the girl's family is very fond of her, and how if they help her, they will be able to dispel the hex.