The next morning, Roxane and Roxane discuss the events of the night before. Roxane tells Roxane that his mother's death was a turning point in her life. She had lost her arm to her mother, and she had been able to hide her fear of her mother from her husband. After Roxane's mother died, she was unable to leave the castle because she could not go to school. She must have had some reason for her inability to leave, since she would not die quickly.