In this short scene, we learn that the Governess has been living with a savage for the past three years. The Governess tells us that she was kind to her, even when she was away from home, and that she would do her best to be nice to her when she came back from work. This is not true, she says, and she thinks that it's because the savages are cold and cruel. She says that if she were away for three days, it would annoy her so much that she wouldn't be able to bear it. She thinks that the pain the people in the audience are suffering isn't as bad as they think it is. The only thing she could bear would be if they annoyed her