In this short scene, the narrator laments the fact that he has not yet found a wife. He feels that he is too young to be married, and that Kimoto is too indecisive to make a decision about her future. She has signed up to live in Kagoshima, but she has not even lived there. The narrator asks why Kimoto hasn't said anything about her plans to return to her family's home in Nagano. He wonders if she is ready to give up her job and her home, and she responds that she needs a stable job and a place to live. She laments that she has no food to eat, and worries that she will not be able to save enough money to buy food for herself and her family. She wonders if it is because she has too much time, or because she is not good enough at her job