- Drora thinks about her life until now, she thinks about her parents and Harel.
- Describe the hallways
- She enters her room, describe her room
- Where she finds her fiancée, Akel Kreshen, cheating on her with his mistress, Hazeela el- Pasha
- She ends her engagement, with his parent's blessing
- She arrives at home after a few days, describe the home and how it feels different
- Her uncle and aunt are not happy to see her. Their son Avsalom on the other hand is glad that she is back.
- Her uncle is already plotting who her next husband will be.
- But she doesn't want to marry right away, not soon after she broke off her engagement
- Her uncle sends her to an imperial ball with her cousin. Describe what she is wearing