When the eunuch catches sight of the princess, he pretends to faint, but the princess is too upset to do so. The commander asks the doctor to come and examine her, but she refuses, saying that she will take care of him herself. She tells the commander that she is still a princess, and that he should not even care about her. He tells her that the room is "clean" and that there is no torture instrument. The captain tells her to go "freshen up" , and she says that she has prepared hot water for him. She asks the captain what he wants to do after freshening up, and the captain says that he is going to go freshen up himself. She says that the captain is looking at her suspiciously, and wonders if the captain intends to send her away once she is done freshening. She wonders if he is planning to kill her on her wedding day, and he replies that he would kill anyone if he had the chance