The next morning, the two women sneak into the tea room to eavesdrop on the conversation between the mistresses. The mistresses are speculating that the mistress is pregnant and that she has had an affair with the manager. The two women are shocked and furious, and they accuse each other of being the cause of their predicament. They blame each other for their own predicaments, but the mistress insists that she is the one responsible for their predicaments. She tells the women that the manager has been protecting her, and the mistress believes that he likes her.