The next morning, the two men discuss the situation. The father has invited the brother to dinner the next day, and the brother is worried that he will not be able to attend the dinner. He asks if the flowers he sent her were beautiful, and she says that she will not spare him. The brother tells her that he has ordered her favorite dishes, and that there is no serious reason for her not to come back. He says that he read in the paper that she is not coming back, and asks if she is planning this way. She tells him that she promised to come with him on his election tour, but that she cannot break her promise. She asks if he is threatening her, and he replies that he loves her and goes on to say that according to history, the billund who was successful in wooing the guardian died in an accident. The two men decide that it is time for the girl to go back to her studies. She shakes her head that the situation is not as bad as she thought it would be