The next morning, the marquis learns that the princess has already left the palace. He arranges for a guard to accompany her to the gate. The marquis is worried that something is going to happen to his brother, and he decides to go and give him medicine. He tells the princess that he is to blame for her brother's condition, and the princess is shocked. She asks why she should not return to the mansion where her brother is in a coma, and she accuses the young man of treating her like a "trollop woman" who wants to play with him. She also accuses him of not being serious about her feelings for him.