A woman's attempt to torment a slave by taking a dragon egg results in her being confronted by the egg's owner, a lord. She tries to justify her actions and asserts the king supports her marriage to the lord. The lord discovers she was responsible for sending a slave into his bath as a test. He condemns her to face three starved lions in the Colosseum, refusing the king's marriage proposal on her behalf. The lord then questions the slave involved, who explains she was coerced by the threat to her mother.