The scene opens with a soliloquy by Shylock. He tells Shylock that he is calm and wise all the time, and that he will do whatever is necessary to achieve his goals. Shylock tells him that he does not want to be a burden to his friends, but that they do not get a chance to know him. He asks Shylock if he needs him to stop teasing him, and Shylock says that he did not stop him when he left, and he regrets letting him go. He wants to hear Shylock confess what is wrong with him and his friends. He says that they are "a bad guy" and that they gave him a lollipop, which he now wants to buy. He also asks if she is her brother, and she says that she is not, because her sister likes her brother so much. He is not Shylock's brother, she says, but a "jerk" who does not come to visit her often. She tells him to stay away from her, or she will kick his ass. She asks him why he has not answered her calls and why she has not come over to dinner. She says that her mother wants her to come over, but Shylock does not answer her calls, so she tells her not to visit him again. She then asks him to get in the house, but he says that his father asked him to leave first. She does not know what he is doing, but she does not understand why he would not let her into his life. She wants to wait until Shylock is willing to let her marry him, then she would not have made the rash decision she did.