She calls him a pig and tells him to clear the table, at which point he begins to hurl plates, cups, and saucers to the floor. Stella begins to cry and Stanley stalks out onto the porch. Again, Blanche asks what happened while she was bathing, but Stella still denies any knowledge of anything out of the ordinary. Blanche is convinced, however, that Stella knows why Mitch has stood her up. She decides to call him, but there is no answer.
Blanche runs into the next room in tears.
Stella reprimands Stanley for being so cruel. She says that, as a girl, nobody was as tender and trusting as Blanche, but people like Stanley abused her and forced her to change. Later that evening. Blanche is alone in the apartment when Mitch arrives, unshaven, in his work clothes. She attempts to kiss him, but he pushes past her into the apartment.