The scene opens with a conversation between the doctor and the patient. The doctor tells the patient that he has to go to the hospital the day after his surgery to rehearse. He warns the patient to take good care of himself and not to drink or smoke in the hospital. The patient tells the doctor that he is tired of being treated as if he were his daughter. He says that the patient is treating him like a daughter and that he will never forgive the patient for treating him this way