When the Governess sees that the townspeople are asking her about her, she tells them that she is leaving because she is afraid of her employer. The Governess tells the townspeople that her employer is a strict man and that he has done her a great disservice by making her run away from him. When the townspeople ask her why she is running away from her employer, she says that he is a "scarecrow" and that she has done him a great service by taking care of him. She tells the town that she will be leaving because he is "good at work" and she is "hot" . The townspeople are shocked at the news of her departure, and they ask her what she is doing in such a "place" where someone could come and harm her. She says that she does not want to be "in such a place" because if someone came she would scream and she would not be able to escape.