This act shifts to the Petkoffs' library, a setting which Shaw uses to let us know that this is a very poor 
excuse for a library; it consists of only a single room with a single shelf of old worn-out papercovered 
novels; the rest of the room is more like a sitting room with another ottoman in it, just like the one in 
Raina's room in the first act.Left alone with Raina, Bluntschli expresses his 
astonishment at an army where "officers send for their wives to keep discipline". Raina then tells Captain Bluntschli how much better he looks now that he is clean, and she inquires 
about his experiences after he left her bedroom. She lets him know that the entire story has been told 
so many times that both her father and her fiance are aware of the story, but not the identities of the 
people involved. In fact, Raina believes that "if Sergius knew, he would challenge you and kill you in a 
duel."When Raina asks him what he thought of her for giving him a portrait of herself, Bluntschli tells her 
that he never received it because he never reached into the pocket of the coat where Raina had put 
it. He is not concerned until he learns that Raina inscribed upon it "To my Chocolate Cream Soldier." In the meantime, Bluntschli confesses, he pawned the coat, thinking that was the safest place for it. 
Raina is furious, and she accuses him of having a "shopkeeping mind."In fact, he tells her 
that when "you strike that noble attitude and speak in that thrilling voice, I admire you; but I find it 
impossible to believe a single word you say." At first, Raina is indignant, but then she is highly amused 
that Bluntschli has seen through the disguise that she has used since she was a child: "You know, I've 
always gone on like that," she tells him.