The chapter opens with a description of the house, which is described as "a huge yard" with a "gallery wall" and a "raw ang" . The narrator tells us that the house is "too kind" for him to be tired after a long car ride, so he goes to his room to have a "rest." The narrator is surprised to find that the photos on the wall are "attracting" him, and he asks if this is because he wants to "that troublemaker / jason to take care of psychology" , but the narrator says that he has underestimated his parents' kindness. He tells the narrator that his parents are torturing themselves by having nothing to do with him, because they have "nothing better to do." He asks the narrator about the wedding, and the narrator tells him that she will help him prepare it.