This chapter opens with a conversation between the Governess and her supervisor. The Governess tells her supervisor that she is sorry for the way she has treated her. She tells him that she has been weakened by worry and that her voice is so small that she can barely speak. She then tells him to give his wife a call. He tells her that he has been in an "emo better place" and that he is not the only person who is worried about his future. He then asks her when she is getting married and she replies that she does not have anything to do with him. She says that she used to have "a rough life" before marriage, but now she is in a "better place". She then asks him if he thinks that he will be convinced by someone like her boss. He replies that he does not think so and that his way of thinking is