Oural names the slave the Fox and the two become close quickly. The King prepares Oural to take his place until he will have a son and claims that Oural will never be able to do anything else because of her physical appearance. Their nurse, Batta, also warns them that should their father marry again, their lives will be very difficult. The servants talked about how it was a shame that Redival’s hair was cut but they said nothing about Oural. As it was the custom, both her hair and her sister’s hair were cut off. Oural thinks back in time, when her mother died. Oural is hated by the god of the Grey Mountain but she does not reveal why. Then the narrator presents herself as being Oural, the daughter of the King that rules over Glome.
She is an old woman and she no longer cares if something happens to her as a result.
The novel starts with the narrator, an old woman who claims that she must speak against the Gods.
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