When the girls arrive, they are greeted warmly by the Governess, who tells them that her son is still in the hospital and that she will be staying with him until he is well enough to go home. The Governess tells the girls that she is almost healed from her wounds, but that she cannot hold her son in her arms for twenty days. She tells them to take a bath, but they refuse to do so, saying that it is too hot and that they will not be able to hold him for that long