Dante looks down upon the faces of the sinners in the next chasm and weeps with grief at their torment; these sinners must walk through eternity with their heads on backwards and tears in their eyes. Virgil reproaches Dante for feeling any pity for these sinners, the Fortune Tellers and Diviners, because they are here as a point of justice. They sinned by trying to foretell the future, which is known only to God.
As Virgil mentions Manto, one of the sinners in this chasm, he also delivers a lengthy, detailed description of how his native city, Mantua, originated, and Virgil makes Dante promise to tell this true story. Dante promises and asks about the others in the chasm. Virgil names a few of the souls before saying that he and Dante should hurry onward because the moon is already setting. With that, the poets travel on to the next chasm.
