In this short scene, Shmoop explains that he has been poisoned by the same hallucinogenic agent that killed Siddhartha. He explains that the other family has arranged the banquet for him, and that they have spread the poison all over the place. He is afraid that they will kill him if he does not return to them. He asks if they are all dead, and they reply that they are not. He says that he strained the poison to make it resemble the blood of the dead, but that he will have to see how he can take all of them away. He then asks if there is any blood left out, and the answer is that there is. He tells the audience that he was not at school when the exchange ball happened, so he had no idea what was going on. He had given up on the engagement, and he just wanted to let things happen without thinking too much about it. Now, he says, things have turned out this way because of him. He apologizes for not visiting him earlier, but he says he only wanted to say goodbye before he leaves for Europe.