This chapter's epigraph comes from a conversation between the Governess and the monster. The Governess tells the monster that he gave her a flower pot as a betrothal present. The flower pot reminds her of the original figure of the monster she saw when she was a child. She asks the monster if he remembers her, and he tells her that he does remember her. He also tells her about the way he used to look when she pinched him. The monster says that the land they stand on is not the land of the undead, but of the sea. The ground is rising, the sea is shaking, and the ground is full of strange things.