The scene opens with an exchange between the Governess and her servant. The Governess tells her servant that she is going to take care of a store and that she will be gone for a while. The servant asks her what she is doing and she replies that part of her reason for being killed was that she was also the reason he got killed. She tells him to pretend that she never existed and to not tell anyone about it. She then asks him if he is sweating a lot and he replies that he is. He then asks her