In this chapter, we learn that the captain of the rescue party was ambushed by a group of attackers wearing black clothes and masks. The attackers used triangular darts to kill the soldiers, but the captain and his men were able to rescue the dog within half an hour. The captain asks the doctor to show him the dart, which turns into black blood. The doctor explains that the poison is turtledove, a type of poison used in ancient times by the emperors to kill anyone who wanted to die