The chapter opens with a soliloquy by the Governess, in which she laments that she does not like men. She says that she is not good at speaking, and that her eloquence is not so good as hers. The Governess tells her husband to keep drinking and to take care of his majesty. He tells her that he has gone, and she tells him that she will walk around alone and not follow him. She tells him to go to the lord and report to him. He says that a mouse has entered his room, but that he is on duty, and he has asked the lord to let him deal with it. She asks him to behead him if he makes her brother see the dirty thing. He laughs and says that he used the winter hunt three days later to find the place where the mouse was found. He asks her if she would like to make him her consort. She replies that she would be willing to do so.