This chapter opens with a conversation between the Governess and her maid. The Governess asks the maid if she is okay, and the maid replies that she is, and that she will ask a member of the staff to hold her while she drinks. She then asks if the maid has spilled her drink on her. The maid says that she has, and she is wearing a wet shawl that has been soaked by someone else's drink. She asks if she can dry off her wet shawl while the maid is holding her, but the maid insists that she must wait until she is dry. The