This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous line from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, in which Shylock tells Shylock that he will have revenge on him one day. Shylock's soliloquy is interrupted by the sound of a knock at the door. It's a knock from the other side of the door, and it's the voice of a woman who has just come out of the closet. The woman is yelling at Shylock to leave her alone with her, but Shylock refuses, saying that he's too busy with his own business to worry about