The next morning, the Governess congratulates her husband on his success in wooing Madame Bovary. The Governess tells him that he has won her husband's affection, and that he can now read the minds of everyone. She then tells him about the night before, when she slept as an assassin and not as a concubine. She says that she had a wild cat with her that night, and she wanted to leave her mark on her lover's body.