The scene opens with a conversation between a young woman and a man. The young woman asks the man if he would like to marry her, and the man replies that he would love to, but that he does not have the money to do so. The woman tells the man that she would rather marry him than have him marry her. The man tells the young woman that he will not marry her if she does not agree to marry him, but the woman tells him that she will marry him if he consents to have her marry him.