there are two trapeze artists performing in a show. before the show they had had an argument because the guy had hinted that their act together was famous because of his part, and that she was reliant on everything that she does. she gets mad and starts insulting him because he is being pompous and egotistical. the manager says that they can't cancel this show because the audience has already arrived. they both go out to stage angry at each other, and is they are swinging mid-air, the guy thinks how great it would be if he just dropped her right then and there so high up in the air. she is thinking that he would probably drop her because he is so mad about everything. they both know that they can't afford to do anything risky like that, but as an unconscious slip, he accidentally lets go of one of her hands while she desperately tries to hold on with the other. he ends up grasping hold of her again, but she doesn't believe that he didn't do it on purpose, and quits after the show is over. 
