In this short scene, we learn that the Governess is in a dream. She is surrounded by a group of people, including a young boy and a young girl, who are looking at her. The Governess asks the boy if he is satisfied with the dream, and the boy replies that he is. She then asks the girl if she wants to be discharged from the orphanage. The girl tells her that she can be discharged, but she is worried that the dream will lead to her death. She begs the boy not to look at her with the same kind of gaze that he has now. The boy says that he will never die, and he begs the girl to not look at him with such a gaze. He says that if he were to die, he would lose everything. He tells the girl that she is just in his way, and that she should not come close to him. He asks her why she thinks he could do everything, and she says