The next day, Indrajit Singh did not allow Madhavi to leave at the usual time; they spent half the night in laughter and playful conversation. After that, both lay down on their respective beds to sleep. The prince was already uneasy, suspecting that the dark woman would come that night, so he could not sleep. He lay with his face covered by a thin sheet, but Madhavi soon fell asleep.

The dark woman arrived at the appointed time. First, she stood at the door and peered inside. When she sensed silence, she quietly entered and gently closed the door behind her. Indrajit Singh sat up. She pressed her finger to her lips, signaling him to remain silent, and then went over to Madhavi to observe her. It was clear that Madhavi was sound asleep.

The dark woman took a pinch of sleeping powder from her pouch and gently sprinkled it on Madhavi...

She made Madhavi smell it. After standing for a little while, she checked Madhavi's pulse, and when she was certain that Madhavi had lost consciousness, she untied the key from Madhavi's sari, took out the key to the tunnel (the passage Madhavi used to come and go) from the cupboard, pressed it into wax to make a mold, and then put the key back in the cupboard, locked it, and tied the cupboard key once again into Madhavi's sari. She then returned to Indrajit Singh and said, "I have taken the mold. Now I shall go. Tomorrow I will make another key and bring it to you. Let Madhavi remain unconscious like this all night. Today she could not return to her usual place; just see how anxious she will be in the morning."

When morning came and some time had passed, Madhavi's eyes opened and she sat up in alarm. She tried to hide her feelings, but her face still betrayed her distress, from which Indrajit Singh understood that she had not woken during the night and had been unable to return to her usual place, which grieved her greatly. The next night, after midnight had passed, thinking Indrajit Singh was asleep, Madhavi rose from her bed, extinguished the lamp, took the key from the cupboard, and went outside the room to the same small chamber. She unlocked the door, went inside, and locked it again from within. Indrajit Singh, who had been hiding, slipped out of the room at the same time as Madhavi. When she entered the chamber, he looked around and found the dark woman nearby as well.

Half an hour after Madhavi had gone, the dark woman opened the chamber door with the new key she had made from the mold. She took Indrajit Singh inside with her and locked the door behind them. Inside, it was pitch dark, so the dark woman had to take out supplies from her pouch and light a candle. By its light, it became clear that this small chamber contained only twenty or twenty-five steps leading downward.