In this chapter, we are introduced to a new character, a young woman who has just arrived in the city. She is the daughter of a well-to-do family, and she has come to tap because her father has recently died. The young woman tells her father that she is afraid to go looking for her because the area where she is staying is a "magnet for unsavory elements" . She tells the young woman that the area used to be a popular place to watch wild dogs, and that she will remember it when she grows up, but that it makes her sad that she cannot remember such things when she looks out the window of her new home