The professor asks his grandson how he expects to take on his responsibilities as heir to the family if he can't take care of a single woman. He says that if he could never be his successor, then he'd have to leave school and join the family. He promises that he'll be faithful to his grandfather. The professor then tells his grandson that the boy has finally decided what he wants to do. He wants to leave the world and go live with his grandpa. The grandfather is shocked and says that he cannot do this. The boy says that his grandfather has an important future ahead of him, and that he still loves him. He begs his grandfather to stop running away from him.