When the Governess returns, she is overjoyed to see her son again. He tells her that he has always loved her, and that he finally realized that she is here to take him. He begs her to let him live, and she promises to give him whatever he wants. The Governess asks what is happening in town, and the monster says that it is a monster with a head. She asks the Abbot to get out, but he refuses, saying that the monster has abandoned them. She tells him that she wants to kill him, and he says that he wanted to kill her that day when she slapped him. She says that she doesn't like the people who take her things, and so she is going to pick him up.