In this short scene, the Governess explains that she has not seen her father in a month, but she has brought him a cake for his birthday. The Governess asks if the two women have visited her recently, and the answer is that they have not. She asks if they have tried to take away her father's money, and they say that they are not trying to do so. The battery is dead, and she wants to change it outside, but the tree is too big for her to climb