The scene opens with a kiss from Souda, who has just returned from a trip to the seashore. He asks the girl if she is her mother and brother, and the girl tells him that she is. The girl tells Souda that her brother has a fever, and that he has been in bed for the past few days. Souda asks her if she can give him food and medicine, but the girl says that she cannot, because she is sick. She tells the girl that she will have to change clothes, but that she can ask her for anything when she is ill