The next morning, Anna finds Brain in his hotel room. Brain tells her that the lawsuit against him is about to go to trial, and he wants her to come to him for peace. Brain says that if she brings back all the shares from Evremonde, he will convince all the other shareholders to allow him to return to the entertainment department of the company. If she does not, Brain says, then he will drop the lawsuit. Brain then tells Anna that she should be aware that everything has never happened before, and that she will think that she has been cheated. She tells Brain that she is still obedient to him, and Brain says he will think she is "cheap" if she leaves. Brain replies that he thought she wanted him to give up the lawsuit because she knew that the trial was about to begin the next day. He says that there is always a winner and a loser in a lawsuit, and if she loses, she knows the consequences better. Anna asks Brain how she could protect her lover, since she is so demanding