Chapter summary
That night, alone at home because her husband has traveled, Margarita waits before the mirror until half past nine and then applies Azazello's cream to her face and body. She looks about twenty years old, with thick eyebrows and naturally curly black hair; she loses the pain that had troubled her since the meeting with Azazello and gains the power to levitate. Before going out she writes a note to her husband, asking him to forget her and saying that she has become a witch because of the misfortunes and sorrows that have struck her. The maid Natasha, who comes in with Margarita's clothes in her arms, is astonished at her mistress's skin and looks greedily at what is left of the cream. Margarita gives her clothes and perfumes as keepsakes, but tells her to leave the jewels, so that she will not be accused of theft. Azazello phones to say it is time to fly off and that she must shout "Invisible!" as she flies over the gate. A broomstick comes dancing into the room; Margarita mounts it and leaves through the window, covering with her own shirt the head of the neighbor Nikolai Ivanovich, who watches everything paralyzed on the garden bench.
Analysis
Margarita rubs on the cream because it is what Azazello gave her, and because the invitation was the only way to learn about the Master. Alone, with her husband away, she waits for the appointed hour and applies the cream, which takes away her pain and gives her flight. The text then shows how she takes leave: she writes to her husband, leaves clothes for the maid and forbids her to take the jewels, so that Natasha will not be accused of theft.
Forgive me and forget me as quickly as possible. I am abandoning you for eternity. Do not look for me, it is useless. I have become a witch because of the misfortunes and sorrows that have struck me. It is my time. Goodbye.
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