The scene opens with a description of alice smith, who has just run away with another man. william says that he thinks it was you who ran off with her, and that cara just ran away with someone else. He asks if she will live or die, and she says that she will, but that william loves her so much that she could not win. He says that if she does live, he will let her go, and he will provide her with a dowry if she wins. He tells her that he will forgive her for running away with a different man, and then he tells her to get up and leave him, because he is tired of her living with him. He calls her a pervert, and says he will help her get dressed and have a bath. He then asks her if she is pregnant, and when she says no, he asks her to stand up and take off her clothes. He wants to know why she is not worried about him killing her