The narrator tells us that he's been sleeping with his doctor all day. He's exhausted from the day's work, and he wants to sleep with someone who can help him. The doctor tells him that it's okay to be exhausted, but he should be careful not to let people who aren't good at this sort of thing handle the situation. The narrator asks the doctor if he can write him a speech, and the doctor says that he can't, because he doesn't really know how to write a speech. He also tells the narrator that his back pain has gotten worse, and that he needs to go to the doctor sooner rather than later. The two of them sit down to have a drink after the doctor's gone.