The three men go to the second hospital of the city and find a corpse lying in a cold chamber. They are puzzled as to why they are not able to save the girl. The narrator explains that the city's underworld is just an ancient superstition. The lantern, he says, borrows the "last breath of resentment" from the dead and allows them to relive their last moments before they die. He explains that he was scared to death, suffocated by the hair in her body, and then tore her own face off with her nails. The men are amazed at how quickly the time has passed since they left the city.