The father tells his daughter that he has set up a series of traps in his yard to keep her from meeting her cousin. He tells her that he is the one who has set the traps, and that she should stop being so obsessed with her father. The aunt begs her father to forgive her, but he refuses, saying that it is his fault that she has not taught her nephew how to behave. The father says that he does not think this is the cause of the lack of discipline in his household, but if he thinks twice about it, it is a "plot to defame" him and the family. He blames his wife for not having the discipline to discipline her servants, but the aunt blames him for neglecting his chastity