In this short scene, the audience is introduced to a number of characters, including the doctor, the nurse, the old man, and the young man. The first person introduced is Dr. Manette, who tells the audience that he has just arrived at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur. He asks the doctor to help him find his way out of the hospital, but the doctor refuses, saying that he is not allowed to do so because he is a "mister" . The young man, however, begs the doctor not to leave him alone with the dead man, because he fears that he will be haunted by his memories. The doctor