The scene opens with a description of a "gentleman or beast" who has saved a girl from drowning. The girl is panting, and the "scent" of the "stimu" that the gentleman is carrying reminds her that she is being carried away by a "beast." The girl gasps, but the gentleman reassures her, saying that he will bring her to a doctor immediately, but that she should not worry, because she is weak to the "beasts." The gentleman continues to reassure the girl, saying, "Too strong a pleasure / is only painful." The