“Your Lordship is a person of high positions globally and no longer a young of excessive vitality. So why are you acting like a passionate youth in broad daylight and in view of the maids who spy upon this chamber? For your dignity, I will not comply with your desire."
The wife is not happy with the way her husband conducts himself, and she thinks he is acting like an ambitious youth, which degrades his status. According to the wife, the Minister has a reputation to protect because he is an important person in society. In other words, The Minister must acknowledge his position in society and conduct himself according to societal expectations.
“The will of Heaven can be so callous. How could it allow such a heroic personage to be born of a servant girl and not a proper wife?”
The Minster talks of a young boy with extraordinary skills in interpretation and comprehension. For instance, when the boy hears one thing, he understands ten. However, the boy’s mother is a house cleaner, and the Minister is astonished to comprehend this reality. According to the minister, such a brilliant boy should have been born to a respectable and recognized wife.
“You were disobedient to me once, so you must bear the responsibility for the situation.”
The minister says this statement jokingly to his wife to remind her that she is the reason why the young Gildong is behaving funnily. According to the Minister, the wife was once disobedient whenever he wanted to discipline her. However, the wife takes the joke lightly; she smiles at her husband and commands that he offers a more vivid explanation to prove that she was once disobedient.
