Roderick later informs the narrator that his sister has died and insists that she be entombed for two weeks in the family tomb located in the house before being permanently buried.
Roderik kasnije obaveštava pripovedača da mu je sestra umrla i insistira na tome da dve nedelje ostane zakopana u porodičnoj grobnici u kući, pre nego što bude konačno sahranjena.