This chapter opens with a soliloquy by Ipanema, in which she laments the fact that she is no longer a member of the royal family. She laments that she has lost the right to rule over the land and that she will soon be forced to leave it to her son, who will be the heir to the throne. She also laments her decision to marry a man who is not her own son, and she regrets that she did not have the opportunity to marry him when she was a child. She feels that she should have married a man of her own choice, but she decides against it because she does not want her son to inherit the kingdom. She is also concerned about her son's future, as she feels that he will not be able to inherit it from her father. She resolves to marry the man who will inherit it, even if it means that her son will have to return to her father's kingdom.