This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by Alexandre Dumas, entitled "Clothes." It is a poem about a young woman who has attained a very high level of martial arts. The poem describes the young woman as a "crooked sansa," or "childish sweetheart," who is stronger than the young man she loves. The young man, clatter sansa, is trying to use the poison to kill the girl, but the poison is too strong for him, and he is unable to hold his breath long enough to kill her