When the Governess returns home, she finds that her daughter has gone back to her father's business, and that she has not yet returned to the house. The Governess tells her father that he will have to let her go if she tells him that she is in love with someone else. When she asks him why he is so quiet, he tells her that he has gone about his business and has not had time to talk to his daughter. When he asks her why she is not in the house, she says that she went back home after work and that her father has called her back to his business. She says that if he finds out that she loves someone else, he will not let her off easily. He tells her to call him when dinner is ready, and she agrees.