The peasant tells the duke that he has been standing outside in the cold for the past few days. The duke asks the peasant what he remembers from the night before, and the peasant tells him that they had dinner with the duke and the princess, and that the bandits had robbed them. The peasant asks the duke not to touch the peasant, but the duke tells him not to. He tells the peasant that his father had been appointed as a royal advisor to the court, which means that he saw combat in battle. He says that a lot of the land in the kingdom is not arable, which is why the duke has to draw a moat around the kingdom.