The scene opens with a conversation between a young man and a young woman. The young woman, who is dressed in lingerie, asks the older man if he is her lover. The older man replies that he is, and the young woman says that she wishes he would give her a nickname, too. The two exchange glances, and then the young man asks if he has been "taken on some danger / ous work" . The younger woman replies that she has been, and that she is sorry, but that she really should go home and rest. She asks if the lingerie she is wearing is of the same quality as the one the man is wearing, and he replies that it is. She then asks him if he would like to try some new lingerie, but he says that he has already tried some, and it is not as good as the ones he is wearing. He then asks her if she is in love with him, and she replies that they are, and they are lovers. He asks her to give him a nick name, too, so that he can call her by her real name. She says she wishes that he would call her "shup," and he responds that she should call him "shu." The young man says that