The next time the Governess goes to fetch her son, she tells him that it's late at night, and she doesn't have any money. The Governess tells her son that he can't do anything about it, because he's a rascal. He's learned to show his attitude to his elders, she says, and now he has to deal with his father, who is very suspicious of him. She tells her father that no one cares what he thinks, just like a tree needs "oxygen" to live, and people need "reputation" to get by, so he should know how to do the right thing. She says she's so tired that she'd rather suffer than have her son suffer. She wonders if she has such an "insensible son" and wonders if human relations are cold or if they are warm. She asks her son if he has reached home, and he replies that he hasn't, and asks her to send him a message when he gets home. She then asks him if he'd like to see her messages. He says that he'll do so, but that he needs to get home first.