The scene opens on a coffee table in the middle of a conversation between the Governess and her Governess's servant. The Governess complains to her servant that he is putting his feet on the table too much. She demands to know what he has brought with him. The servant tells her that he brought everything with him, but she asks him to tell her which item he brought. He says that the red underwear was brought by his wife, and she was the one who gawked at him when he brought it. She tells him that she has found out what is going on between him and his wife and that she believes that he has something to discuss with her. She asks him why he is not telling her what is happening between them and he says that he does not want to discuss it again