In this short scene, we learn that the Governess's sister, Mina, has been taken into the police station because she is afraid of the authorities. The Governess tries to get Mina to tell her what is going on, but she refuses, saying that she is too big and heavy to talk to anyone. She tells him that after she calmed her down, she called him and told him what was happening, and he told her that it was obvious that he was not her brother. She asks him if he would like to go out for a meal, but he refuses, telling her that he can make his own dinner