Baev asks Nadezhda to tell the children about their relationship so that Alisa and Borya won't interfere with Baev's new plan. At the same time, Baev asks Nadezhda not to tell Alisa who the actual client is, because Alisa will want to resolve everything by force.

The customer, with a face swollen from bites, asks Baev to exterminate the bedbugs in his apartment.