This chapter's epigraph is from the play's opening lines, "Oh no ! I should call you innocent people ! Isn't this your self-directed drama ?" . It's clear that this is a reference to the fact that neither of the characters in the play is actually innocent, but it's also clear that they're playing a trick on Caius Ming-liang, who's pretending to be a "sand lizard" . This is not a good sign, because it means that neither one of them is really innocent, and that's not good enough for Caius. He's going to have to go to the doctor to get the stolen gem back, and he's got no choice but to treat the