(Ch.3 of the e-book), we find out who the mysterious stranger is (in case you haven't figured it out) and also who he is working for and why he is trying to recruit an insurrection leader and to go against whom. We also gain insight into his thinking as he criticizes customs. We watch as he enters the foreboding looking palace and confronts the ruler about the evils of conformity after receiving his pay. We also learn what started him on his stance of non-conformity. For this, there is a flashback, as he relates, over a pitcher of wine, an intriguing but gruesome event from his childhood. The chapter ends with a hint of a possible scandal to come.