The Hacienda

In the morning, Beatriz realizes that there is a negative force in the house that grows stronger at night. Despite the hallucination she experienced the day before, Beatriz finds her silks completely clean in the morning, without any trace of blood.

Beatriz wanders around the house, making a list of everything she wants to fix. She decides to explore the north wing, which she finds undamaged despite Rodolfo telling her it is under repair. She places her list on a wall to write on it when the wall suddenly gives out, leaving a hole in the stucco. She pulls away the bricks and sees a skull staring back at her. There is an entire skeleton in the wall with its bones broken at odd angles. Beatriz rushes to the kitchen and tells Juana what she found. Juana looks shocked but follows Beatriz to the north wing. When they get to the wall, they find it completely intact. Juana mocks Beatriz and tells her to get more rest.

Beatriz writes to Rodolfo asking for permission to have the house blessed by a priest, which he grants. Although Beatriz does not trust the clergy, she does not know where else to turn for help.