Mieze has forgiven Franz and stays with him, although he nearly killed her in the frenzy of his grief. But fate still has another blow in store for Franz Biberkopf, the hardest one of all: Reinhold, who has been after Mieze for some time already, has devised a clever plan in order to catch Mieze alone somewhere. Unaware of the trap which has been set for her, Mieze follows him into the lonely woods. She is almost taken in by Reinhold' s attempts to seduce her, and she is murdered in the end.