In this chapter, Jane tells the story of her encounter with the "pretty hostage," who was sent to her by the enemy to make peace with her husband. Jane is overcome with emotion at the sight of the man, who is described as timid and shy. She realizes that the man is her lover, and that he is afraid of her. She tries to protect him, but he is too scared to do so. She tells him that she is badly hurt by him, and he cries for a long while, but his tears seem to flow in other places. He asks her to catch him, or maybe he can forget his eyes after he drinks too much. He tells her that he has hidden the letter from her, but wants to share it with her. Before he met her, he was a coward, and she was the one who encouraged him in the desert. He says that by the time he reads the letter, he would have been dead. He wants to tell her that before he met