This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by Alexandre Dumas, translated into Latin. The poem tells the story of a young man who is saved from drowning by his guardian. The young man, who is the son of a wealthy landowner, is about to be buried when he hears the sound of his father's voice, which he recognizes as the voice of his grandfather. The old man tells the young man that he will be buried today, the day of his burial. He tells the boy not to worry, because the old man will be dead by then. The boy tells him that he should not worry, since he is safe. He says that he is sure that the new guardian will not be as cruel as the old one. When the boy asks if the old guardian is still alive, he is told that he has been killed.