Solange returns from the kitchen, wearing her black dress. In her ensuing monologue, she addresses imaginary characters on stage. She celebrates having strangled Madame with the dish-gloves. She imitates Madame's voice and complains about having to wear mourning for her maid. In her own voice, Solange says Madame should not pity her, as she's her equal. She addresses a police inspector, telling him Monsieur used to obey their orders when they threatened him. She says she has been a good servant, but now she has strangled her sister. Solange smokes a cigarette, coughs, and goes out on to the balcony, her back to the audience. She imagines the hangman taking her away. She sees herself being led by all the maids in the neighborhood for Claire's funeral procession