In this short scene, the Governess tells the General that he has been living in his house for a year, but that he is still so forgetful. He asks him to be more polite to him. The General replies that his life has not been easy in the past half-year, but he still enjoys his life. The Governess asks him if there is another reason for his troubles, and he replies that he does not know. He says that people send him things under the makeup, and that when he opens his mouth there will be "delicious delicacies for me." The General says that he believes in the evilness of his enemy and that it is against his life goals to wait for death. He then gives the General a goal: to challenge himself, and to return to his former self. In this way, he says, he will be able to regain his old self. He reminds the General of the time he went to battle, when he thought that he had many good ideas that could have saved him from certain death. Now, however, he realizes that it would not have been so easy. He wants to know how he can regain his appearance. He remembers that the General once pretended to be a beautiful woman in order to confuse enemy soldiers. He now wants to learn how to imitate a man with "heroic and manly looks." He asks the General to teach him how to change his voice so that he can mimic a man's voice.