The scene opens with Desdemona's "private bodyguard" peering inside her body as she prepares to step out of the house. She is preparing for a dinner party in her bedroom, where she intends to give a performance. When she opens the door, she is surprised to find Desdemonas's lover, whom she believes to be her husband, looking at her. Desdemonat is furious, and tells his wife that he feels like someone has been watching him while he was taking a bath. He tells her that he has checked the house and that no one has been looking at him. He asks her to calm down, and she replies that he is her husband and that she is his wife. She tells him that he should not have said such a thing to his husband, and he is angry that she would have said it to him. She asks him to compensate for the wine with his salary for the month, and Desdemonati says that he will drink it if she does not make him eat. He then asks her if she wants to do the same thing with him, and