Alice and Peter pass under Hell’s campus gate and find only one clear path leading to a domed building: the First Court, Superbia. Inside, Pride manifests as a grand, chilly library where Shades study under a plaque commanding, "DEFINE THE GOOD." The atmosphere is tense and hostile, like exams in perpetuity.

They glimpse a central staircase spiraling upward into seeming infinity, studded with statues. Pressed for time to catch Professor Grimes, they weigh how to search. Amid rising noise and distraction, they encounter a Shade named Werner in breakdown; an older Shade escorts him away, confirming the Court’s grueling stakes.

George Edward Moore greets them, proudly Cambridge, and gives a tour. He explains that passing requires defining the good and defending it orally; failure leads to repetition and, for the worst cases, bronzing as living statues. He gossips about petty academic vanities that land souls in Pride, while Alice doubts Grimes belongs here and urges leaving.

In Moore’s office, he flatters Peter and describes Hell’s mechanics: transcripts listing one’s sins, progression Court by Court, and judges Niutou and Mamian who ferry successful souls to Lethe before reincarnation. He admits none have crossed in his tenure and embraces administrative “noblesse oblige,” pressing Peter to help manage the Court.

When Moore tries to bar their exit with smoke and rules, Alice challenges him to prove they must stay. She repeatedly rejects his conclusion, forcing him to append premise after premise into an endless regress. Absorbed in patching his syllogism, Moore lets his guard down.

Alice and Peter slip out, hurry through the lobby as Shades whisper that someone thinks they’ve passed, and push through double doors into quiet. Outside, they find themselves facing the river, unexpectedly beyond Pride without ever presenting a definition.