The narrator tells us that the world is full of treasure, and that no one dares go near it. He tells us, however, that he's about five hundred miles away from the capital of his country. He's been traveling the world, learning things he never knew before, and as he grows as a person, he too grows. The narrator asks the church to tell the household that they're going to be receiving the young man. The young man tells the church that he thought he'd been put on trial for being a foreigner, but now that he meets the man, he realizes that he is male. The church members are so generous that the narrator can't ask any more questions. The lord tells him that the country has been cut off from the outside world for so long that it will die a silent death. He says that he and his wife will throw a party for the new man, who will be the new master of the household. The old man says that it's strange that the rich man would want to live in such a poor country, but the narrator points out that the old man's lifestyle is just like that of a lot of other rich people in the world. He compares it to drinking fruit juice from a leaf, or drinking wine made from a caterpillar, or a seahorse. The men are shaking, the narrator says, because they've been exposed to the "overwhelmingly raw smell" of the place. He doesn't know what to make of it.