The lottery is held and each man and woman draws a slip. One by one, the family members draw blanks until it is down to just Catherine and Gabriel. Catherine opens her drawing and hugs Morgan. Gabriel is momentarily relieved, until she reveals that she has drawn the last blank. Gabriel draws the slip with the X, he runs off to avoid having to spend the night in the locked room. Quentin and Morgan catch Gabriel, they lock him in the tower room until it is time for him to go to the cursed room. Quentin comes down with the plague. Gabriel escapes from the tower room.