Everyone retreats, except for the father and son-in-law. He tells them that they will have to open the box and find out what the detonator is. He says that they can't do this because they'll be unable to distinguish the cord. He's sorry, but he's not going to lie to the father. He was happy to be his daughter, he says, and he hopes that she's happy now, too. The father tells his son that both of them are his daughters, and they can do the job. He gives them a gold-plated scissors as a prize for the day's work. He asks if they'