The next morning, the Governess wakes up to find that her sister and brother-in-law are in her bed. The Governess tells her sister that she is a silly woman who has ruined her plan. She tells her brother that she will demand justice for his sister on her own, and she promises to apologize to her sister on the following day. She also tells him that she has brought him a gift from her brother, who has apologized for his rudeness to her. He tells her that he has come to bring her a letter from his brother, saying that he had apologized to her for her rudeness. He also says that his sister had committed suicide because she did not want to live any longer. The two women discuss the upcoming birthday of their brother, and he asks her advice on how to organize such an important event.