Mr. Squeers is too drunk to notice how upset his daughter is the night of the tea party. She kept one of the boys up so this child would encounter her father first and bear the results of his anger. Having vented on the victim, he goes to bed.
The hungry servant Phoebe is attending to Miss Squeers' nightly beautifying regime. Seeing how the usual flattery is not working, she starts putting down Miss Price-aware of what had happened at the tea party. Miss Squeers claims that Tilda consorts with coarse people who no doubt influence her behavior. Phoebe states it is a pity that Tilda doesn't model herself after her superiors-like her friend Fanny. Miss Squeers admonishes Phoebe for her unkind words, though she agrees with what is said.
Phoebe tells her that Mr. Browdie thinks his wife is co
