Summary

After Pearl's disappearance, a lice-ridden Stasha is living in a sauerkraut barrel, peering at the world through a peephole. She scratches notes to Pearl on the interior of the barrel with her claw-like fingernails. Peter tries to get her to eat, asking her if she wants to die, but Stasha believes she cannot die. In Mengele's lab, Stasha notices signs of disarray. Mengele himself has mud on his shoes and he is drinking heavily. Bruna tells her that the Russian planes have returned. Stasha considers the possibility that Mengele will leave and take all of their specimens with him, and how awful it is that a part of her would be with him, against her will.

The next day, Peter comes back, pushing a wheelbarrow with a blanketed figure inside. Stasha thinks it is Pearl, but it is actually Patient, looking gaunt...