This scene opens with a knock at the door. It's a knock from the Governess, who wants to see her husband. The Governess tells her husband that she's been looking forward to seeing him for a long time. He's surprised that she hasn't been able to tell him more about her life in Japan. She's also surprised that he seems to be able to talk to her in a way that he can't talk to anyone else in the city. She asks him if he's noticed a kiss mark on his shirt, and he says that it's not a kiss at all, but a bruise on his pant leg. He wants to know