Summary

Villiam discovers he has a grey pubic hair and decides to swallow it, anxious and ashamed to show it to anyone. He has become overwhelmed with the responsibility of fathering a “Christ child” and has hired Ina to take care of Agata. On Father Barnabas’s suggestion, he decides to hire Jude to replace Luka as horseman. also replaces Clod with Lispeth as his personal servant because he thinks her seriousness is good for him. Marek, meanwhile, has become increasingly servile to Villiam in the wake of Agata’s pregnancy. Agata, meanwhile, has been quarantined in a single room, where she is tended to by Ina and strapped to the bed. Grigor brings Ina the herbs she needs to care for Agata, and gradually begins to befriend Jude, whom he respects for his iconoclasty. Grigor’s relationship with his daughter and son-in-law, Vuna and...