The next morning, the young man asks the innkeeper to take him to the city to buy some new clothes. The innkeeper refuses, saying that the man with the carriage is sick. The young man wants to go with him, but the innkeeper tells him that the carriage will be closed for the New Year. He asks if the man will be able to eat some sour berries, which will make him feel better. The man says that he will try them, but that they will not cure him of his illness. The younger man asks if they serve them, and the innkeeper says that they do. He tells the man that they are under the "heroes" of the new year, and that he should hurry up and bring them food and drink. The older man tells the younger man that he has no money for the man, who is bleeding badly from the wound he received from the carriage driver. The elder man tells him to stand with the man and whisper to his brother, who has no idea about what has happened. He says that the older man teased the little brother, and he wonders if the master would kill the whole family. The old man tells his brother that he is going to drink some warm water and not move. He then tells the other man to stand by the man who has been teasing the little boy, and to whisper to the young brother to give him some water. He also tells the old man to give his brother his brother's nose, which is bleeding from the man's teasing. He adds that he thinks that the master will kill all of them if he does not stop teasing the young boy. The other man asks why they are there, and they tell him that there is a group of soldiers coming back from the north each year. The Old Man says that it is treason to fight with the soldiers, who are loyal to the royal government. He warns the other men to take their clothes off and throw them out.