This chapter opens with a conversation between the young man and his servant. The young man tells the servant that he has arranged for a "double" for the master. He asks the servant to make the servant act as the master's "double." The servant replies that it is his job to make sure that the master is executed on time. The servant tells him that he is grateful for the job he has done for the young master, as he believes that it will be much more than the young woman can bear