In this chapter, we learn that Dr. Bledsoe has returned to the family's home, and that his daughter is suffering from the effects of the demon's curse. The family is understandably upset, and the doctor tries to explain that he has removed the bullet from the wound and that the girl will soon wake up from the anesthesia. The father, however, cannot understand why the doctor would allow the girl to be killed, and he wonders if there is a way to deal with the demon-consciousness without killing the girl. He wonders if he could learn a sword-fighting technique that would allow him to take the head of a demon who is thousands of miles away.