When the scene opens, the narrator is in the middle of an affair with a manager. He is overcome with emotion as he imagines his lover's reaction to the kiss. He feels that the kiss is too intense for him to return to the room where the affair is taking place. He tries to comfort himself with the thought that they will have a "100 percent match rate" this time. When the manager claps to indicate the end of the affair, he is overcome by emotion and asks the narrator if he is more excited when he is in front of others. The narrator replies that he is not, and that he feels like they were a "good match"