The narrator continues to dream about the painting that he is going to deliver. He tells the man who is supposed to deliver it that there is something wrong with him on the phone and that he must go. He says that if he can convince the man to support him after they meet, then he will be able to make a living. The narrator says that he will not let his father know of his plans. He asks the man if anyone lives in the house where the painting is to be delivered. The man answers that he has made an appointment with a boss to deliver the artwork. The young man says that the artwork is the one that made the artist famous. He goes on to say that all the other paintings are made of skin and that they all have disappeared. He calls out to the man and asks him to laugh at him because he is a middle aged man who has not even sold one painting in his whole life. He laughs at the man for saying that the artist has gone mad.