The scene opens in a hotel lobby, where a man is trying to seduce a woman. The man is a subordinate of the man's husband, who is also the mistress of the woman. He tries to seduce the woman, but she refuses to submit to his advances. She says that she will be leaving first, but the man insists that she be allowed to stay. The woman, however, refuses, saying that she is too tired to go through with the seduction