In this short scene, the two lovers discuss their impending separation. The lovers decide to break off their relationship, and the audience learns that the lovers have been secretly planning to do so for a long time. As the lovers are about to part, they are interrupted by the sound of someone's voice. It is the voice of one of the characters in the play, and it is the same voice that is heard throughout the rest of the scene. The voice of the character who is the object of the lovers' affections is heard, and he tells the lovers that he is sorry that they have to part. He also tells them that he will not allow them to be separated from each other for long, and that they will have to live separately.