The next morning, Huck and Rosa visit the family's home study, where they are interrupted by the sound of a lion's roar. Huck asks Rosa if she would like to go to the nearby volcano, but Rosa says it would be better to stay at home and finish his work. The two decide to leave after finishing their work, and Huck wonders what Rosa is going to tell her if she discovers out. He feels like he is reading, and he wonders if he has heard something in the house. He notices that Rosa is staring at him, and wonders if the book contains a spell. He asks Rosa not to tell him that she wants to see the secret, but to treat him like a friend, so that he will not make any assumptions about the contents of the book again. He is sad that he has to prove his friendship to Rosa, as long as he thinks of her as a friend