This chapter's epigraph is from a famous speech by Voltaire. Voltaire says that the court should be tolerant of people who are weaker than themselves, but that if they are tolerant, they will think that the person is foolish and should be punished. If the court is tolerant, it will make the person think that he is weak. If it is not tolerant, he says, then the person will think he is afraid. Voltaire's speech is interrupted by the arrival of the second young master. The young master tells the young master that he was pretending not to know him earlier. He says that he had thought that he did not want anyone to know about his true identity, but now he realizes that he has been tricked by the prefect. The prefect sent him here to take the young man down and find a way to rid him of him. He even used rope to tie him up and hang him. This is the sword that he used to smash the little bastards teeth with. He is furious that the position of those who decide on fate of others is all filled by