The father tells his daughter that he entrusts his son to her in law. He tells her that the marriage between the two families will be a sure thing, but that the emperor is a "man whose mind you cannot read" . The father says that he will inform the emperor of his arrival, but he does not want to disturb the Prime Minister, so he will just wait here. He says that the two of them are equal in height, and that they have a "quite peculiar taste" for snakes and rabbits. He asks the prime minister if he would like to speak to him privately.
The father tells his daughter that he entrusts his son to her in law. He tells her that the marriage between the two families will be a sure thing, but that the emperor is a "man whose mind you cannot read" . The father says that he will inform the emperor of his arrival, but he does not want to disturb the Prime Minister, so he will just wait here. He says that the two of them are equal in height, and that they have a "quite peculiar taste" for snakes and rabbits. He asks the prime minister if he would like to speak to him privately.