He leaves the restaurant and goes to a newsstand. A newspaper reveals that the city was evacuated during the war. He returns to the kitchen and wakes the woman by dumping a pot of water on her face. He says there is no reason to fight anymore, as there are no more armies, only tattered rags that once resembled uniforms. He says that she can have the leftover chicken, but eventually realizes that she cannot understand him and departs. The woman is wary, but eats the chicken.