In this short scene, we learn that Zetsurin is an old man, and that he has been married for many years to a woman who is his lover. The scene opens with the young lovers kissing, and the lovers are dressed up in their best clothes. The lovers are about to kiss when the old man slaps the young woman in the face. The young lovers are horrified by the man's anger, and they are afraid that he will slap them again.