In this short scene, the young narrator tries to convince Huck to take care of his mother, who has just died. He tells Huck that his mother's death was caused by an accident when he was a child, and that he was not grateful to his parents for their kindness. Huck tells the narrator that he and daigo were not in love at the time, but that they "formed a bond" after his mother died. Huck explains that he did not want to "tie daigo down" in a "fake marriage," so they divorced soon after the marriage was consummated