In this short scene, a corporal explains the history of the pumpkin scissors to his subordinate. He tells the corporal that the scissors were a gift from the director of the waterworks, who had paid bail for the men. The corporal tells him that he will not be able to do any more work for him because the men will have to be bailed out. He then tells the other corporal that he was going to tell him the other man was killed in an ambush, but that he did not tell him.