Heurtebise appears to Orpheus and begs him to help his wife who is in great danger. But Orpheus is too busy writing down the radio messages. The princess can quietly turn his wife into a zombie and they all leave through the mirror. When Orpheus finally understands what happened, he despairs. Heurtebise tells him that he can still rescue his wife from the otherworld and leads him through the mirror into a dilapidated building where a committee of people in a suit and tie are interrogating Jacques. After Jacques they call the princess, who is Death and who is accused of having taken a life (Orpheus' wife) only for selfish reasons and not because it was the woman's time. Heurtebise is called as a witness. Then Orpheus is called as a witness. Under pressure she admits that she loves Orpheus. Heurtebise, in turn, confesses that he loves Eurydice. The judges decide to send them all free. Eurydice can return to the world of the living, upon the condition that Orpheus never looks at her. It now seems that Orpheus has feelings fir his own Death, the princess.