In this chapter, the Governess explains how she has managed to keep her father in the laboratory, despite the fact that he is insane. She also explains that her mother is the only warmth she has had in her childhood. When she returns home one day, she finds her father standing in the dark in front of her. He tells her that he has promised to train her as an excellent scholar until her mother returns. The Governess realizes that she is not lying to her father. She has always had an "unspeakable fear" of her father, and this fear made her obey him.