In this chapter, we learn that Elmire is on her way to hell, and that the captain is on his way there as well. Elmire asks the captain what he's thinking, and the captain tells her that he thinks she's imagining things. The captain tells Elmire that he doesn't know what to do, and Elmire tells him to stop imagining things, because it's not the right thing to do. She tells the captain that she'll keep watch over him, and he should be able to get back his emotions from the devil. But the captain says that's impossible, because the devil and the soul are like one another, and they can't be separated. The only person who's been able to do this is the captain who had the curse placed on him. He was able to enter purgatory for a short time, but he was a wreck of himself when he returned, and it took him a year to get his emotions back. So, the only thing the captain can do is to go back to hell. He begs the captain to come back, but the captain won't promise to do so.