The Governess tells the Governess that the murderer is her husband, and that he is already dead. She tells him that he violated her when he married her, but that he was allowed to marry her because she was his step-mother and he was her step-father. She says that she will be punished for her role in the murder, and she tells her that she used to be her maid when she saw her and her mother walking together one day. She remembers that Lady Zhao said that she would replace her mother as Governess's maid and that her eyes looked cruel and greedy. She adds that she must investigate the matter thoroughly