In this short scene, Roxane laments the fact that she is now free to express her sexual desires in public. She asks Roxane if she is the only person in the world who sees her as a lover, and she wonders why she looks so attracted to her friend. Roxane admits that she was jealous of Roxane's affections for her friend, but she is afraid that he will leave her. She tells Roxane that she has always been surrounded by people who are "too caught up" in their own desires, and who are willing to sacrifice their own happiness for the greater good of others