Chapter Three Summary

Eva Luna's mother dies, four days after the young girl's sixth Christmas. Consuelo tells her daughter that there really is no death as long as one is remembered. Eva promises never to forget her mother and fetches the cook, her madrina. The cook has promised to care for Eva Luna and does so to the best of her abilities, stating that she will burn in hell if she does not.

Life continues for a year until Professor Jones dies as well. As his last days approach it falls to Eva Luna to care for him. he old man is amazed by the young girl, telling the priest that visits him daily that Eva Luna is to be his only heir. The priest however, ignores the professor's wishes, and proceeds to loot the estate, closing the house. Madrina cannot care for Eva...