In this short scene, Poins delivers a soliloquy in which he warns the audience that the police are weak and vulnerable to attack. He warns them to prepare themselves for the worst. He tells them that he has given them external medicine to speed up their recovery, and that they should not push themselves to work until they are healed. Poins asks if there has ever been such a case of a criminal with an arsenal in the area before, and the officer replies that there has been before. He then points his gun at Poins, and Poins is terrified. He thanks the officer for saving him, and he then asks if the officer's heart is warm. The officer responds that it is because Poins said something so that he would feel warm. He also asks if tigers have knees, and when Poins says yes, he promises to treat the officer to chocolate ice cream