Willie emerge and Winnie wishes that he would come round and live where she could see him better. Shower (or perhaps Cooker), who asked what she was doing stuck in the ground. Winnie files her nails and remembers the last people who passed, a Mr. She finds a music box in her bag, to the music of which Willie briefly sings (though he ignores Winnie's request for an encore). She thinks about the future, and the existential threat of being buried deeper in the mound. Winnie speaks of the difficulty of dealing with the relentless sun and remembers when she was not trapped in the earthen mound. Willie still unresponsive, she cajoles him to prove he is conscious, which he eventually does, by raising a finger. The parasol then abruptly catches fire, and she throws it away. She begs Willie for assistance, but he is unresponsive. When this becomes tiring, she discovers she cannot move to put it down. She puts up a parasol to protect her from the sun, and holds it over her head for a long time. She begins to feel sad about her life, but shakes it off. After some deliberation with herself, she pulls a revolver out of her bag, recalls how Willie asked her to take it away from him, and banishes it to the ground beside her.
Winnie declares that she never thought she would hear Willie laugh again. Thereafter he declares "fornication!" and both of them laugh hysterically. After he is within she repeatedly asks if he can hear her at different volumes, to which he replies, with increasing exasperation, "yes!" Winnie attempts to discover if Willie can see her if she leans backward, but he does not respond. After Willie briefly doffs his cap, Winnie instructs him to return to his hole, which he laboriously does. Winnie explains that Willie's listening enables her to go on talking, and is delighted when he responds even briefly to one of her many questions. They both look at an apparently saucy postcard. He occasionally responds with headlines from his newspaper, one of which reminds her of her first kiss. She awakens her husband Willie, who is hidden by the mound, and prattles to him. She struggles to read the writing on the toothbrush.
Talking incessantly to herself, she brushes her teeth, drinks the last of a bottle of tonic, and puts on her hat. She is awakened by a piercing bell and begins her daily routine with a prayer. Winnie is embedded waist-deep in a low mound under blazing light, with a large black bag beside her.
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