The chapter opens with a description of the intoxicating pleasure smothered in sweet poison, otherwise the illness might lapse. The narrator explains that he had reason to be anxious about finding his sister, because if she were found dead, he would be in danger. He is glad that he made the drug in time, because he is perfectly healthy. He tells his sister that he loves her, and that he will be taking his leave of her. He asks her what is the "lady ange drug" , and she tells him that it is a "tom boyish" drug, which will turn into her mother's recipe for the drug. She says that she cannot do anything about it, because it is not safe for her mother to do so, but she does not know anything about the higher ups who have done it. He says that he was going to write about her like a villain, because she is the one who caused the illness, but he says that if he had not gotten sick, then no one would have been ruined by the "nar" . He adds that both of them have to suffer, because of the lady, because neither of them could have kept on living if it were not for her. The chapter ends with the narrator saying that he is glad to have found his sister. He explains that since they were separated, he has been lonely