Scene Two opens at six o’clock the evening after Blanche’s arrival. Blanche is bathing while Stella finishes dressing. Stanley bursts in from the kitchen, slams the door open, and immediately begins probing about “the monkey doings” and the fate of the plantation Belle Reve. Stella tries to shield Blanche, saying she is “soaking in a hot tub” and is “terribly upset.” Stanley presses for details, mentions the Napoleonic code of Louisiana, and claims that whatever belongs to the wife belongs to the husband. He threatens to investigate the “papers” and the “trunk” of Blanche’s belongings.

Stella attempts to keep the conversation polite, urging Stanley to compliment Blanche’s dress and not mention a baby. Stanley, however, ransacks a wardrobe trunk, pulling out feathered furs, fox‑skin, a solid‑gold dress, pearls, gold bracelets, diamonds, and costume jewelry, exclaiming that he will have an “acquaintance” appraise them. Stella protests and forces him to close the trunk before Blanche emerges.

Blanche steps out in a red satin robe, then changes into a flowered dress. She greets Stanley, asks for a cigarette, and engages in a flirtatious, teasing dialogue about compliments, her past admirers, and the value of her clothing. Stanley dismisses her attempts at flattery and continues to press for “the bill of sale” of Belle Reve. Blanche eventually reveals a tin box containing love letters, poems, and a stack of papers. Stanley grabs the letters, tears the ribbon, and Blanche threatens to burn them, then pulls the box open and reads aloud that Belle Reve was lost through a series of mortgages handled by the firm “Ambler & Ambler.” She explains that the plantation was forfeited, leaving only the house and about twenty acres, with a graveyard, and that the documents now sit in Stanley’s hands.

Stella returns with a lemon‑coke from the drug‑store and, in a brief exchange, reveals that she is expecting a baby. The poker‑night guests—Steve, Pablo and others carrying beer—arrive, and the household prepares for the party. The scene ends with Blanche and Stella meeting on the porch, laughing, and heading toward the sidewalk as the “blue piano” grows louder.