The blind maid encounters the Crown Prince in a room smelling of blood. As the Prince paints, the sounds of the brush and his excited breathing catch her attention; she wonders what is on the canvas of this dangerous man who becomes completely calm in front of a painting. Meanwhile, there is talk of Arnold, an assassin who has posed as the head servant for three years, being taken away as the 131st case. The Prince tests the maid who says she is blind by throwing things on the floor, surprised by her composure. When he asks about her past, the woman says she looked after the asthmatic lady in the household of the Duke of Osphile. The Prince's voice softens and he asks her if she knows how to grind pigment.