The next morning, the Governess tells Elmire that she has given up on her plans to go to school because she is tired of everything that happened to her the night before. Elmire thanks her for her help, but she says that she will not thank him for it, since he did not do anything to help her. She tells him that she is afraid of him because he is so arrogant. He tells her that his problem is not so much about his job as about his life or death, but about something "emotional" , something "not so different" from what humans have