César enters Camila's room before she takes the letter. Orlando humiliates Capitu. Responding to her daughter's request, Helena opens the envelope, is shocked by what she reads, but lies claiming to be from Onofre and Ofélia. Helena takes satisfaction with Pedro; he doesn't know how the letter ended up in Camila's room. Pedro asks Juvenal, who assumes he left the letter with Íris. Fearing Pedro's reaction, Íris sleeps in the stable.
