In this short scene, the Governess is talking to her daughter-in-law, who has come to see her. The Governess tells her that the reason she wants to live in the country is to escape from her family. She tells her daughter that she will decide her own future after she has lived at King's for a long time. She then asks her daughter what her next plan is. She says that she won't care if she hates her for it, as long as she grows up to be a "great person" in the future.