The next morning, the Governess is in the middle of preparing for the upcoming school year, when she hears a rumor that a competition is being held in her school. The Governess tells her friend that it is a national competition, and that many famous musicians have already entered. She tells him that the music is so good that she wants him to play it, but he refuses, saying that he has been playing the piano for days without stopping. She asks him how he wants to play the piece, and he tells her that he does not want her to include him in her life because he has never been close to her. She apologizes for not noticing him earlier, and says that she saw a boy give up the piano because he was in pain. She says that he tried to cover the piano with dust, books, and so on, but that he could not touch it, so he had to shake it off of her, and since that day, she has been full of dust.