The narrator tells us that he's here to ask for money. He's just come to remind his sis-in-law that he didn't commit the crime, and that he won't do it again. He also tells her that if she gives him the money today, he'll tell her grandma about it, and she'll be back at the Annies. The narrator says that he can give her fifty thousand, but she has to keep her promise, and if she tells the police, she's going to be arrested. He tells her to give the money now, because he has to give it to his friend, who needs some time to get his act together. He says that the audience will believe him, and he promises to show them his "pitiable look" to make them believe him