In this short scene, we learn that the Governess is in the middle of a conversation with her brother, who has come to visit her at her mother's house. The Governess tells her brother that she cannot leave the house because her mother will not let her out. She tells him to go to a cafe in the courtyard of the house, where she will be able to have a private conversation with him. The two men enter the cafe together and the young Governess realizes that she is being followed by her brother's assistant and his assistant's brother. She asks the two men if they know what has happened to her, and they tell her that she has been slapped by her stepmother. She apologizes for the slap, and tells them that she lost her job and her stepmother slapped her. She says that she