The chapter opens with a conversation between Carino and his boss, Juha, about the possibility of Juha falling in love with her boss's servant, Kausuga. Carino tells Juha to act like a small animal, like a dog or a cat, and to just smile at the idea of his boss falling for her. Juha says that he understands what Carino is trying to say, but he wants to be careful not to get too close to her. He tells her that she will probably die if she does not fall for him, and that he will have to find a job or marry or return to his home country when he does. He says that if he does not, he will be able to do it by himself. He adds that he would like to have a long-term relationship with his servant. He asks Carino if there is anyone capable of managing his house, and Carino says that even if he did hire someone, there would be no one capable of doing the job. He then asks Juha if she wants to sleep with him. She says that she is not saying that, but that she would like him to sleep in her old room. She then asks him to join her in having a drink, and he says he will. She asks him if he has ever been like that, and when he replies that he has not, she asks him why he is not joining her in drinking. He replies that she has not even been drinking for three days, when she had said she would be. She had said that one week before, and she had left the previous day, and now she has come back. She invites him to drink with her, but Carino refuses, saying that he is too drunk to join. She tells him that he should join her, too, for a bit, and then she will join him in drinking with her. She