The Princess of Austrang meets with the Duke of Edinburgh, who is impressed by her beauty. He tells her that he has vowed to make her father pay for the death of his eldest son in the war, but she has the nerve to come to him without any compunction. The Duke says that he is not sure whether to call her his majesty or her daughter, but he does know that her father killed the prince of Baltar during the war. He says that once the war was over, Baltar was no longer an enemy to the kingdom. The Princess says that she does not care about the engagement of the Duke to her, because she will be dumped by the prince soon. She says that the Duke has asked her to arrange her trip to Austropon, and that the trip is the result of the prince's request. She tells him that she will let him go back to Alex when he has finished his trip. She advises him to behave himself.