This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous line from the play The Taming of the Shrew by the Cowardly Lion. It's a line about a cowardly man who is about to kill a courageous man. The line is about a brave man who kills a cowardly lion, and it's about a courageous lion who kills the brave lion. The hero of the play is a brave lion who has been killed by the cowardly lion. He's called the "Shrew," and he's the hero of this chapter. The chapter ends with the announcement that a vote will be held in a half-hour on whether or not the city should be allowed to remain under the control of the Volscians.