When the Angels Left the Old Country

On the morning of the party, Rose gets dressed and goes to the Women’s Council House, where she is chosen to be one of the three girls to attend the party for Mr. Boaz’s daughter. The plan is for her to find Essie, who will then help her sneak Little Ash and Uriel into the house. Then, Essie will bring them to Mr. Boaz’s office to find the incriminating account ledgers. When Rose arrives at the party, she cannot find Essie, but she sneaks Uriel and Little Ash in through a library window. Rose goes to the servant’s quarters to find Essie while Little Ash picks the lock to the office. Once inside, Uriel and Little Ash are confronted by the dybbuk of Mrs. Shulman, who claims that she has been waiting for them.

The dybbuk insists on killing Mr. Boaz, and the spirit also wants to kill Essie for helping him. However, she relents when Little Ash suggests that she give them until sunset on the next day to use the ledgers to settle her family’s debt and have them say Kaddish for her.