In this short scene, Desdemona asks her lover if he's sure that he can have her. He says that he doesn't think she's fit for a king, and that she'll have to wait until she finds a way to get rid of him. He also tells her that he has been avoiding her ever since the concert, and she can't understand why. She asks why he looks so sad, and he says that it's because he looks sad right now. She begs him to talk to her, but he refuses, saying that he'll tell her the truth when he can. She's sorry, she says, because humans are like that. She wants to know what's going on, and then she can tell him the truth.