The next morning, the Governess is worried about her husband's reaction to the news that she has returned to the mainland. She asks him to stay with her, but he refuses to do so, saying that he is afraid of dark. He tells her that he has a prize to give her if she gives him the answer to a riddle. The Governess asks if he can carry her inside, and he says that he does not want to leave her, as she is "a clingy girl." She tells him that she misses him, and that she wants to be with him. She says that she is not sure why, but that she just wants to hold him, even if they do not do anything. He asks her why she brought her to the hospital, and she answers that she had come to see her father, who is still ill. She wants to discuss something with him, but she cannot visit him today.