Late at night, a woman brings a hot meal to David, but the atmosphere is tense. She insists she saw nothing about 'last night,' yet urges him to leave the countryside for his own good. He interprets this as her wanting to drive him away, prompting her to defend her pride. Later, reflecting on his honorable silence about a past event, she compares him favorably to another man with the same last name. Just as she confronts him with 'how could you do that?' a shocking realization about his actions seems to dawn.