In this short scene, the two lovers embrace one another and express their love for one another. The narrator tells us that when he first met the man, he did not fall in love with him. He was interested only in finding out what he was really like. He noticed that the man was putting effort into his work, something to him, and that he was making the situation more complicated. He observed the man on the weekend, and when he saw that the woman was not at work, but curled up in her bed, he decided to reject the man.