In this short scene, the young woman tells Mr. Manette that she will never try to avoid him again. She tells him that every time she tried to talk to him about their relationship, he fobbed her off with jokes. He reminds her of liu, and she decides to go back to her room. She says that she can't understand why he has to go home, but she tells him to keep this and travel time to visit her relatives in China. If the emperor discovers that she is a woman, all her friends and relatives will die with her. She adds that she shouldn't behave recklessly and disappointed the emperor, and that she's taking advantage of him's love for her. The young woman says that if the emperor found out that she was a woman who pretended to be a man, he would kill all of her relatives and friends. But by no means, should a person treat another person like a man should treat a woman like a woman. She asks why he is carrying her to the bed, and he says that he's carrying her there to do what "a secret couple is