In this short scene, the Governess tells the student that she loves him. She tells him to confess his love to the school's monitor, who will give him a cigarette. The Governess admits that she hates her student, but she tells him that he is not worthy of her kindness. She says that he has bad grades, bad temper, and often breaks the rules and hits people. Everyone hates him, she says, because if that idiot hated a person, he would beat him up instead of cursing the person to be expelled, like you do. She adds that if the idiot hated someone, he wouldn't just look embarrassed and not tell her what he hated. The student agrees that he hates his teacher, but he tells her that he doesn't understand why she always protects him. He says that if he had a crush on someone, the person would beat the person up, but if he hated a teacher, the teacher would look embarrassed, and he would not tell him what he had hated