The chapter opens with the narrator's description of the scene in which she and her husband are having sex. The scene is set in the late-night salon, and the narrator complains about the sound of a "man's voice" and the "flicker" of his lover's movements. He tells his lover that he has something to ask her before he goes to get her, and he asks her to "scrawl the scribble exterior" on the wall so that he can "remodel" it. He then asks her what she thinks, and she responds by saying that she is "lis ten" . She then tells him that she wants to "cum ming" , which is a sexual slang term for having sex with someone else. The narrator then tells her husband that he must be tired, and that they should talk about it the next time they are together. She tells him to shut the door, but he refuses, saying that he is "such a jiggle dirty slutty slut" and that he cannot stop himself. He slaps her, but she does not stop him, and they continue to have sex.