After Quentin accidentally kills Jenny, Magda informs him that he will be cursed for the rest of his life.
Magda describes the history of the curse to Quentin and tells him that it will begin that night.
At sunset, Magda recites an incantation and Quentin is struck by pain as the full moon rises.
Dorcas Trilling, a teacher at Trask’s school, Worthington Hall, is brutally murdered.