In this short scene, the Governess and her family prepare to leave for their new home. The Governess tells the family that she wants to become a "good girl friend" to them. She tells them that she cannot figure out what they are troubled with because she is "unreliably able" to do so. She blames herself for dragging her troubles on for so long. She says that she has "remembered some bad things" and that she does not want to meet someone she did not like. She hates the man she has just met because he reminds her of "things that she didnt like" . She apologizes for worrying the family, but she is always by her side.