Still in summer fifteen, Gat tells Cady that he feels a victim of racism on Granddad's part. Harris never calls Gat by his name. Gat tells Cady that Carrie refused Ed's offer of marriage because she feared losing her inheritance. Cady and Gat lie on a rock and forget about "every horrid detail of the beautiful Sinclair family" (166).

This chapter offers a new version of Cady's fairy tale. A wealthy merchant has three daughters. The two younger ones are spoiled and spend their days before mirrors. The eldest alone loves her father. He asks what they want; the two youngest want jewels, the eldest a rose. He steals a rose from a dark house and is caught. The owner, a hideous creature, makes him pay for the rose with a promise. He must give the owner the first of his possessions he sees when he returns home. He sees his eldest daughter. Cady says we all know the beast is "really good and beautiful" (168). But the father never loses his repugnance. 

Still in summer fifteen, Gat and Cady raid Clairmont for chocolate at night, but they overhear arguments among the aunts over who looks after Granddad.