The scene opens with a soliloquy by the supervisor of a junior colleague. He asks the young man if he is always like the super visor he wears. The young man replies that he is, and he wonders if his work attitude is the same. He wonders if the man's "perverse longing" is a reflection of his "work attitude" . When the supervisor asks him what he is doing in the hospital, he replies that the man forgot an important business contract. The supervisor says that he will stay with the man until the contract is complete.