It's dinnertime at the school, and the Governess is worried about her son. She's worried that he's hanging out with the wrong people, and that he won't be able to stay away from his mother's funeral. The Governess tells her son to sit down, and she scolds him for being so cruel. She tells him that she's spoiled him too much, and he should have never let him live alone. He tells her that he would rather die than live with him, and then he tells her not to worry, because he'll talk with his son later. He says that his son is torturing him every time he spends time with him. If he were still at home, he says, he'd slap him and tell him to stop acting like a brat. He also tells him to hit him if he wants to get into the police station. He'll let him off this time, and says that he has something to tell him.