The chapter opens with the narrator lamenting the fact that she has not been able to relive her life in vain. She asks her friend Ursula to help her divorce her brother. Ursula tells her that her brother and sister-in-law love each other and that they will not fade even if she and her brother are married. She also tells the narrator that she is certain that Ursula's brother will divorce her. The narrator wonders how she will be able to escape from her brother, and wonders if she has been used by Ming to seduce her.
The chapter opens with the narrator lamenting the fact that she has not been able to relive her life in vain. She asks her friend Ursula to help her divorce her brother. Ursula tells her that her brother and sister-in-law love each other and that they will not fade even if she and her brother are married. She also tells the narrator that she is certain that Ursula's brother will divorce her. The narrator wonders how she will be able to escape from her brother, and wonders if she has been used by Ming to seduce her.