This scene is set in the middle of the night, just before dawn. It begins with the Governess asking her husband to relax his arm so that she can kiss him. He is asleep, and she asks him to wake up. He mutters that he is not sure if she is talking to him or to his wife. She asks him if he is mistaking her for his wife or something else. He replies that she is mistaking him for her husband. The Governess asks if he can kiss her, and he replies that he does not want her to kiss him, as she is weak and weak-willed. She begs him to stop kissing her, but he refuses, saying that he wants to kiss her chest. She cries out, "suck kiss you cant" . She gasps