This chapter opens with a warning from the Duke of Guise. He tells Guise that if Guise dares to step outside the boundary, he will lose all confidence in her. Guise tells her to stop her highness, or else the plan will have been ruined. He also tells her that she was meant to marry a good family, give her brother the dowry, and then live a good life. She is a terrible daughter, he tells her, and she should stop playing games, reading, and listening to comics all day. She should grab hold of a console and give it to her, he says, and he will give it back to her. He says that she is a lowly etchwr, and that she should be thankful that she will never be as beautiful as he is. He promises to take her away from the torment.