The scene opens with the narrator lamenting his body's pain. He wants to know what's wrong with it, but can't figure out why. He tells the audience that he's going to explain later, but first he wants to make sure that the woman is still alive. He urges the others to come down and help her, but warns them not to use their watch as a watch. He also tells them to take glasses and leave the house. He says that the smell of the perfume is too good for his sensitive nose, so he didn't use it. He then tells the others that they should burn the house down, because it's getting late. He asks them to cough, but they refuse. He explains that he wishes he could capture the woman and kill her, because he'd be the one to kill her. The narrator says that he wished he could do something like this, but that it