In this short scene, the newly married couple is welcomed by their father, who asks them to wait for him. The newlyweds explain that they are getting married the next day, and that they have asked his permission to welcome their brother, who is late for the wedding. They joke that they will take his being late for their wedding as a "snob" . They ask him what he thinks of getting floged, and he replies that he thinks it is not acceptable for him to be flogged. He says that his father has known all along that he would disobey his father, and if he were to disobey him, he would be killed. He asks his brother if he thinks getting flogged would cool him down, or cause him to "place on full alert" , which is what his father warned him would happen if he disobeyed him. He also says that if he refused to submit to his father's orders, his father would kill him. This is why he failed to cancel his wedding, he says. He admits that he made a mistake, but he is willing to accept the punishment. He tells his brother that he has a feeling that he will be hurt by the gunpowder that he gave him, so he should not worry about him.