This scene opens with a description of the body of a woman who has been raped. The woman's name is Elmire, and she is described as a "bawdy" woman who is "dumped" by her attacker. Elmire tells the woman that she is the one who has raped her, and that she should "just calm down" and not "scream" or "fight" with her attacker because she is "totally the one in wrong" and needs to be "just listened to for a second." Elmire asks the woman to get out of her way so that she can "swallow ma ah" , which is a slang for "get out of