- The Reverend Mother has Maria into her office and asks what happened with the von Trapps.
- Maria said she was "confused," and she came back to the abbey to be safe.
- The Reverend Mother eventually gets Maria to admit that the problem has something to do with Captain von Trapp and her feelings for him.
- The Reverend Mother even seems delighted about the possibility.
- Maria's distraught, and she wants to take her vows right this second.
- The Reverend Mother says that the abbey isn't a place to hide from problems.
- Maria has to figure out how God wants her to use her exceptional capacity for love—which means she needs to go back to the von Trapps.
- She launches into "Climb Ev'ry Mountain." Maria has to climb her personal mountains to find her dream and her purpose.