Sitting in front of the screen, the Governess complains about the lack of kindness shown to her by the young man. The Governess wonders why the previous emperor has been using the disasters to punish the new emperor. She believes that the previous Emperor is using the floods as an excuse to punish his son. She feels that the disasters are "acts of god" and that blaming them on one person is a complete nonsense. She then turns to the subject of the new Emperor and wonders what he is doing here. He was just ten years old when he ascended the throne, but he has managed to keep the country in peace since then. Everyone in the country is proud of being excluded from the court, but the Governress thinks that this is because they are too high-minded. She wonders if the prince regent can catch the emperor, but she says that he cannot. She also says that she has raised a kitten and that it has not yet returned home.