The duke enters the garden of the palace and tells the duke that he has been away from his wife for more than twelve hours. He asks the duke if he can excuse him if he should stop appearing before him. The duke says that he and his wife have been separated for over twelve hours and that he misses his wife. He tells his wife that he is happy to spoil her son because he is her child and therefore he will spoil him. He is jealous of what is going on between the duke and the duke's son. He says that the duke looks happy and loves his god, and he guesses that his grin is scary. He wants to go out to eat, but the duke tells him to stop blaming himself for what has happened. He promises that they will figure out a way to deal with the situation. He goes on to say that he never imagined that his father-in law would be so young, awake, and that his mother would have stayed single for 20 years. He also says that if his mother came to see him in this situation, he would not worry about her. He