The Governess is pregnant with her second child. She tells her lover, the Governess's son, that she has been feeling sick and that she wants to go to the boys' school. The boy, who is a student at the school, asks her why she is pregnant and she tells him that she is tired and wants to get back to her husband. She also tells the boy that she does not want him to be jealous of her pregnancy because she loves him so much.