 The play then switches focus to the love that is burgeoning between Anne and Kyrle despite Mrs. Cregan’s warnings.After Kyrle exits, Danny appears and convinces Anne that Kyrle’s love for her is a false and that he is, in fact, wed to another woman, posing Hardress’s reality as Kyrle's.This convinces her to go around the lake and try to catch Kyrle in the act of rowing across to this supposed 'other woman' - in reality it is really Hardress that she sees, who is going across the lake to see his wife.