The scene opens with Zillah's father scolding his son, saying that he'll leave him on the street and never give him a second thought. Zillah says that he wants to go home, but he can't because he's already eaten too much. He asks Zillah why she's upset, and she says that it's because Zillah has hidden all the food in the second-floor compartment of the refrigerator, which she finds on her own. She also says that Zillah hasn't opened his locker, which means that all of the food is in the lower part of the closet. She asks why Zillah isn't calling a doctor, and he says that she should be put on medicine first. He says that they'll have a hostess at the house, and that they should call the doctor the next day if the doctor's kit has arrived. He's not angry, he says, because