In this chapter, the narrator tries to convince himself that his fortune-telling experiment is scientifically sound. He compares himself to a "cheeky girl panting and cum" , and he wonders aloud whether the fortune-teller's experiments are "scientific" or "perverted" . He then uses a breast-meter to measure the distance between his breasts and the breasts of other women. He feels that he can see the women's breasts close to his own, but he is afraid that he will be mistaken. He tells himself that he must "touch her breasts directly" and that "everyone gets their fortune" when he does so