In the dressing room, the two women discuss the plot of the next scene. The first woman is worried that she has no idea how to act, but the second woman is confident that she will be able to do so. The two women talk about the previous scene, and the first woman tells the other woman that the scene is about the fiancee telling her that she is the heroine of bitter love. The other woman is impressed by the performance, but she is still worried that the woman will be tricked.