The scene opens with a description of a woman who is being teased by her husband for her beauty. She is waiting for her husband's "special beauty treat" to begin. The woman tells her husband that she has taken a bath to prepare for the treatment, but that the tub is too big for her. She tells him to take a seat in the tub and smear her body with soap. He tells her that he is washing her and that he can do it himself. He then tells her to squeeze the soap onto her body. She says that she can squeeze it onto her own body as well. She then tells him that the treatment will begin in ten minutes. He asks her to take off her gown and to lie down on the bed. He can see her face and puts a warm cloth on her as she waits for her treatment