The general tells the captain that he needs to see the king. The captain says that he will not do anything to the king, but that the king will come to see him. The general asks the captain to leave, but the captain refuses, saying that he does not want to hurt the king's feelings. When the captain tells the general that he has lost weight, the general blames him for deceiving him. He says that if he had not deceived him, he would have left him long ago