The chapter opens with a soliloquy by a young employee, who asks the reader to imagine that he is playing a role in the story. The young employee tells the reader that he believes that no one will ever be able to express their opinion in a clear and articulate way. He says that if a young person like him expressed his opinion like that, no one would be willing to take on the role. He tells the young employee that he loves the way the young man takes his work seriously, and that he thinks that he and the young woman have already had sex. He asks her if she would like to have lunch with him, and she says that she would, but that she is afraid that she will ruin everything if she indulges too much in the kindness of her employer