After reaching home, Rati doesn't talk to anyone. She quietly changes her clothes, eats her food, and goes to sleep.
Rama is still feeling guilty about why she didn't support Rati in front of everyone, even though she also believed that Rati was not at fault. Now, Rati's silence is bothering her even more.
When Rati wakes up, Rama goes to her to check her mood and says,
"Rati, do you know? Today, after you fell asleep, Lagdhi Dadi came to our house. She was saying that in our field, there are four dubua living underneath it—spirits of those who drowned in water or wells."
"So what should we do?"
"I was just thinking… I don't even know whether Dadi was telling the truth or not."
"What do you care about what's right or wrong?"
Hearing this, Rama feels very hurt, but she knows Rati's nature—that when she's angry, she says whatever comes to her mind. So, trying once again, Rama says,
"I want to find out. So today, I'm going to the field with Dadi. If you want to come, tell me."
"No, I don't want to come. You go, I'll stay at home."
But from her expression, it seems like she also wants to go, yet she refuses. So Rama says,
"Fine, if you don't want to come, don't come. I'm going anyway."
It's 5 in the evening, and the day is slowly fading. When Rama leaves with Dadi for the field, Rati quickly wears her slippers and starts following them.
When Dadi realizes this, she stops Rati and asks,
"Rati, where are you going?"
"Rama and I are going to the field. There's no need for you to come."
Just then, Rama says to Dadi,
"Let her come, Dadi. If she stays at home, she'll just trouble everyone."
After a bit of arguing, Dadi finally agrees to take Rati along. Seeing Rama stand up for her makes Rati feel very good, and letting go of her anger, she asks Rama,
"What if they are real?"
"So what? That's why we're going with Dadi."
"But Dadi is old now. How will she fight them?"
"I'm here, aren't I?"
"Yes, that's true."
"You can just pick them up and throw them away, then they won't eat us. And don't worry, I'm with you too."
Talking like this along the way, all of Rati's anger towards Rama fades away, and Rama's guilt also disappears.
While Rati and Rama are going to the fields with Dadi, they meet a man on the way. He stops Dadi and says,
"Hey Amma ji, where are you going with your granddaughters?"
Dadi replies,
"Oh, nothing… we're just going to the fields."
"Alright… but do you know what happened? Last night, that witch escaped."
"I've heard that now she won't hunt in the jungle anymore, but in the village. So be careful."
"But how did she escape?"
"Who knows? Anyway, it is said that witches have many powers. She must have used one of them. And yesterday was a full moon too."
Hearing all this, Rati wants to tell the truth—that she was the one who helped the witch escape—but after thinking for a moment, she stays quiet.
The whole way, she keeps thinking that the witch must have found the net from Kumar's place, so now she won't harm any child. But what if she couldn't find the way to Kumar's house?
Thinking all this, Rati decides halfway that she will go into the forest and check for herself.
"Dadi, I'm going home."
"Why?"
"I'm feeling sleepy."
Rama says,
"Don't you want to see the dubua?"
"Not today. You go, I'll see them some other time."
After saying this, Rati turns back toward home. But once Dadi and Rama are out of sight, she quietly takes a side path through the fields and heads toward the forest.
When she reaches that place, she sees that many people are already gathered there, discussing how the witch escaped.
Rati gets bored listening to their arguments, so she starts walking toward the path where the woman had gone the previous night.
As she moves forward, the forest becomes denser and darker.
After walking some distance, she hears the sound of a baby crying.
Even after looking around, she doesn't see any child. But when she moves a little further and looks carefully, she realizes that the sound is coming from a well. The well is dry, and it seems as if someone has just given birth to a baby and left it there to die.