When the scene opens, we are told that the two lovers have broken up. The lovers are drunk, and the narrator tells us that they have been together for a long time. He says that they broke up because he found that she was too busy with work to be with him. He also says that she tried to spare him until the last moment, but he was hurt and ran away. The narrator asks if he is hurt, and he says that he is fine, but that he has been acting strangely all day because he is always looking at Mina. He asks if she is sorry, and she replies that she is. He then asks her if she has a moment of her time, but she says she needs to hurry and send the message to the office