The narrator tells the audience that he is the husband of the wife who has been having an affair with another man. He tells them that he knows this because he has seen her having sex with other men. The narrator says that he has come to end the affair with his wife because she is different from her husband. She says that she loves her husband and that he does not even have a conscience. He says that the reason people do immoral things is that they can achieve "exceedingly pleasure from it" . He urges her to submit her body to desire. She responds by saying that she is too sensitive and that she will have to "dump it all out" for her. She feels guilty but does not feel guilty