The Governess tells the Governess that she's envious of her mistress's life. She's also worried about the two children that live in the house, but she doesn't know who they are. She tells her husband that he'll have to eat more carrots if he wants to keep her mistress happy. He tells her that he has to wait two years before he can play outside with her. He's not jealous, he tells her, because he has her mother with him and they live a simple life with servants. He says that his mother was a "gentlewoman" and never complained about her place in the world. He adds that he was happy when he and his sister lived with servants, because they were like family to him. He asks why he's doing this to them, and she tells him that they're going to run away and need money. She asks him to stop, but he refuses, saying that "black foxes have made enemies" so they can never return to their "peaceful life" again. She says that fate will bring them to a "miserable end" .