The chapter opens with a description of an "alpha" in a group of animals. In this case, the alpha is the leader of the group, and the group cannot get along with the other members of the pack because they don't agree with the way they're being treated. The group asks Miss Jessel if she can cancel the contract with the wolf, but she refuses, saying that she's not a human and that the wolves are not human. The wolves are horrified, and they scream and run away.