The next morning, the Governess goes to the funeral, and she realizes that the bodies of her dead husband and son are gone. The Governess asks to be put into the body of Tod, who she believes is "the god of death" . She tells him to put the key into his body, and instructs him to summon the keys on the piano and compose a piece of music for the piano. She also tells him that she will be supervising his work, and asks him to forget about the fact that he has not yet fully recovered from his injury. Tod says that he can't help him, but he promises to send him his progress every half hour. He asks if she has any kind of relationship with the creator of her baby, but she says that she used to compose music only for her, and that she accepted everything about her. She wonders if humans can understand her music, or perhaps she should understand her.