When Caius arrives, he is surprised to find that his brother is late for work. He is filled with anger at Caius's behavior, and he is afraid that something terrible is going to happen to him. He goes to check on his brother, who seems to be "squeezed too dark" . Caius tries to calm him down, saying that he is not about to die, but that his internal organs are rotting. He asks Caius if he looked at it wrong, and Caius replies that he did not, and that he was right