Two days later, Elmire is almost recovered from her hangover. She asks her father why she is in such a daze. Elmire tells her father that she has been ordered to take over Elmire's work, and that the chairman wants her to do it first. When Elmire refuses to eat in her seat, she tells him that he acted well in drunken scenes. She tells him not to feign ignorance, because her father knew it.