In this short scene, we learn that Lysander's sister, Sally, is a prostitute and that her father betrayed her when she was a child. She died when Sally was three years old, and her father remarried and left her alone since then. Sally tells us that she has nothing to occupy herself with, and that she is staying in bed to "enjoy life" . She tells her lover, fox, that he has a date with Lady Stewart and that he is "attracted to her dowry." She tells him to stop complaining and to get dressed for the evening.