In the morning, Ruan-Tung and his wife, Miss wang, return to the hotel where they have been staying. Ruan says that he has cut down three sword stands, but he is still not strong enough to take on the handsome bandit. He is captivated by the beautiful Miss . He asks her if she has seen the sword dance, and she says that she has. He tells her that she is too flirtatious to face her family, and that she needs to smile after she has embarrassed herself. He then asks her why she has been the wife of the bandit for two years, and when she replies that her husband treated her very well, he says that it is because of her "dorsedion of duty" as the government official. He says that if a man does not protect his woman, then blames her for his failure, his honor will be nothing but "a joke." Miss , however, believes her husband is a "heartless man." She thanks the men for escorting her back to her husband.