This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by the English poet William Butler Yeats. In this poem, he says, "Life and death coexist" . In other words, life and death are both coexisting in the same place. The poem's title is a reference to the fact that the tower bell rings when one of us is about to die. It's a symbol of the "bait delivery bell" , a bell that warns people that they are about to be killed if they don't do something quickly. The bait delivery bell is a cruel warning, but it's also a sign of good fortune. For example, if you're named by the boss, you'll be safe today. But if you are named by that boss directly, you will be sure to be dead. The boss knows that your ancestors have agreed to this condition, so he knows that they've agreed to sell their souls to him. This is not accurate, says the child. The world doesn't exist, but the boss brings hell itself, so who will do anything? The child thinks that the young masters are doing bad things, but actually they're not bad people. They're just carrying out their mission. The child says that he threw the ball with his eyes closed because he didn't want to look like he was about to kill someone.