In the middle of the action, Dostoevsky is interrupted by the sound of a man's voice. It is Hiroyuki's, and he is trying to get Hiroyuki to talk to him. The man tells him that he has a message for him, and Hiroyuki replies that he does not know what it is, but that it is a message from his wife. He tells the man that he wants to know what the message is, and the man says that he will tell him later.