The Governess tells the Governess that she has lost the key to the Underground Man's apartment, and that it is her fault for losing it. She tells him that she is not done with him, and he taps her shoulder to indicate that he is not finished. She then tells him to get out of the way of her approaching husband, who is in the middle of a conversation with another man. She asks the other man if he would rather have his hands tied or his hands free, and the man says that he would prefer that. The Governress, however, does not want to be bound, for she does not have the strength to do so. She says that she likes her husband