...che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende

The unexpected arrival of Lazarus Colswain, Prigentia’s father, causes pandemonium in the street. Grapella (his ex) refuses to talk to him, but unfortunately it is she who opens the door.  She takes one look at him, and leaves him (on the threshold) to the mercies of her cleaner, Magritude Feather, who has over the past three years absorbed the wrath that Grapella has poured out in full shpoch. She puts the poor man in his place, so that when he leaves (with his metaphorical tail between his legs) it is with great relief. Despite this Magritude sends a text message to Prigentia, who rushes to meet Lazarus at the Local Coffee House where he is sitting despondently reading Dante’s Inferno.