In this chapter, we are introduced to a new character, a young woman named Raina. She is the daughter of a wealthy Italian family, and she is the mother of a young boy. Raina is the eldest of the three children, and her father is the wealthy owner of a furniture factory. Her father is also a wealthy businessman, and he is the father of her young son, who is named after her father. The young woman asks her father if he would like her to marry him, and his response is that he would love to have her as his daughter-in-law.