Sophia begs the princess to get her brother back, but the princess refuses, saying that she is not infected by the plague and that she has not seen him for two weeks. The princess tells her that the palace has been closed since the outbreak of the plague, and sophia says that she will have to wait for him to come back. Sophoa tells the princess that her brother has not been treated well by the royals, and that if he is found to have a fever, he will be locked up. The girl says that the reason for this is that she does not want to bring bad luck on her brother, who is a good boy. She tells him to go back to his room and get some porridge and some ice cream. She also tells him that if his fever goes down, she will be fine. She says that if it goes down tonight, he should be fine, but if it does, she won't be able to eat porridge. She asks the girl to take her back to her room, and she tells her to have some porridge, and to work on her sweat under her quilt. She then tells the girl that she can have ice cream, which she stole while her brother was away, and asks her to take it back with her. When the girl refuses, the girl tells her not to worry, because it is a common cold, and the princess says that her father is to blame for this.