This chapter opens with a soliloquy by Miss Lingrui, who has just arrived at the General's house. She tells the General that she is confused by his lack of respect for her sister. She asks him why he didn't justify his visit to the capital earlier. The General replies that it is not proper for a foreigner to come all the way from the capital to the general house. He tells her to go back to her room and wait for him to return. He then tells her that he will take care of her for a few days and that she will be fine in a month.