Berich and his friends are drenched in the rain. They're forced to stay inside because of the heavy rain. Berich reads aloud from the poem "The Secret Chamber of Heart," which she believes to be a reference to the "secret chamber of love" . He asks her to remove her clothes so he can see her body curves. She refuses, saying she's too shy to take off her clothes like that. He's not asking her to do that, she says, because she doesn't have the right to do so. She says she came to take her horse, and the rain started before she could leave. She borrows some umbrellas from one of the rich people, but she thinks they should wait until the rain stops before they leave.