This chapter opens with a soliloquy in which the protagonist complains about the cowardice of his fellow citizens. He feels that they are only cowards who know how to manipulate the situation. He tells them to leave first, and then he will show them how many blows they can withstand. He also tells them that they have violated the law, killed their colleagues indiscriminately, and harmed their people. He urges them to kill the murderer.