The chapter opens with a soliloquy by the Governess in which she declares that she will risk her life to protect the life of her boss. The Governess tells the audience that she was once called the "Great Tiger of the West High" because she wore a tiger embroidery on her jacket. She asks the audience to imagine what it would be like to be called "the great tiger" if someone saw her and her boss kissing. The audience is then told that the two of them are wearing garter belts and that the garter belt makes it easier for them to "swallow" because they are "con venient" .