Back at the hotel, Madame Bovary asks Madame Pernelle if she's okay. She's been looking for her, and she tells her that the director has asked them to meet him. She tells him that the assistant has been arguing with him, and that he's just come out with the woman. Madame Boleyn tells her to remember this, because the assistant just said that she got her fame thanks to her brother, and now she'll just have to take off her mask. She wants to know what's up with this, and Madame Benvolio tells her not to worry, because there's a good show coming up, and he'll come up and take off his mask. But she doesn't know what to do now, because she wants to talk about