Chapter 15~16

Desiree refused to eat for days after she got move into the little room. She is desperate, but still hoping and waiting for Daniel to change his mind. However, Mathilde comes in and brings Diseree a bad news for her, Mathilde tells her that Daniel and Andrea is getting married soon, and tries to comfort her. Mathilde tries to persuade her to find another man from the patrons. But Desiree does not want to and she is still waiting for Daniel. For those days, she does not eat, and does not change her dress. She even loses her red comb that represents who she is and a gift from god. That night Desiree dreamed about she saves Daniel's life, but Daniel betrays her, Agwe and Papa Ge incite her to use the knife to kill Daniel. When she wakes up she sees a knife gleaming outside of the window. As her rage raises, she takes the knife and goes into Daniel's room. But when she sees Daniel's face, she could not do it because she still loves him. Then she runs away but she gets caught by Lucifus in the garden. Lucifus then throws her out of the hotel. It seems like everybody forgets who she is. When she tells her story to the vendors, vendors say that she is the one who suffers. 
The hotel starts to getting busy, servants and staffs are preparing for Daniel and Andrea's wedding. Everybody, including the peasants, are talking about the wedding. Everyone prays and congrats the bride and groom. Everyone is happy for the young couple, except for Desiree. She does not eat or rest for two weeks, and her body becomes really weak. The wedding day comes, all the peasants are having a feast outside of the hotel, the rich and guest are having it inside of the hotel. They drink, they eat, and they dance, they are having a good time. Desiree is pushed by the crowds. She cannot move at all because of days without food. When she sees Mathilde inside of the hotel, she shouts to her. When Mathilde sees her, she sighs and walks away. Then she sees Daniel. When she shouts to Daniel, Daniel looks at her and gives her a glimpse. He ignores her. At this moment, she is desperate, all her hope becomes nothing. Muddy feet, rugged dress, and the red comb is missing, it is how she looks like right now. Later on the policeman comes and tries to control the crowds. The crowds are pushed away and Desiree falls down. She is being killed by the crowds. All of a sudden, the butterflies come from the hill, and flutter thickly over the body of the peasant girl lying on the road, and then they fly away. At the end, Gabriel asks the Lucifus to throw Desiree's body away.