Madame Pernelle enters and tells the young woman that her husband is very upset. He is upset because he has not been able to get her to marry him. She tells him that she is jealous of his closeness to her. He tells her that she can only be so close to him because she is his wife. She asks him to take her to a restaurant that he patronizes a lot. He agrees to do so and tells her to order anything she likes. She gives him some hot milk to warm her stomach before she eats. He asks her to wait a moment and then he says that she may leave. She says that he still does not give up on her and that she cannot let go of someone. He says that they cannot charge her payment from her account number and that he will be right back. He then asks her if she wants to tell him the truth before he returns