The second prince is hit by a stone thrown by a fleeing refugee. He is still in the royal hospital. The royal highness welcomes the city as a place for the plague, but the refugees are already infected and should be separated from the city's uninfected population according to their severity of symptoms. The highness says that the city has daily exterminations to eliminate the plague epidemic. He says that he will check on the citizens of the city to make sure that they are well taken care of.