In this chapter, we learn that the Duke of York suspects that his younger brother, the Duke Senior, has been unfaithful to his wife, and that he has refused to apologize for his behavior. The Duke's sister, however, is not so sure. She tells her father to kneel before the entrance to the academy and wait for him there for six hours. She also tells him that the Prince has a fever, and she begs him to call a doctor. When the Duke refuses to call one, she tells him to kneel down in the hall and beg for mercy. She then tells the father that the prince's fever is caused by a love potion that he received from a girl. The father is horrified at the idea of his daughter's giving him such a thing, but he refuses to believe her.