The narrator returns to his apartment in Paris, where he finds that the owner of the shop where he used to work is now earning a good deal of money. He tells the owner that he has come back because his visa is about to expire, and the owner has promised to hire him as an "apprehension" . The narrator asks the owner why he keeps trying to run away from him, and he tells him that he is the one who has gotten into his bed the night before. He says that he will send the owner a letter when he can send him a letter wishing him were in Paris.