The chapter opens with a soliloquy by M. Manhasi. He tells the audience that he wants to be a good husband and a good father, but he also wants to become a good cook. He wants to learn how to cook so that he can teach other people how to do the same thing. He says that he is going to buy a dictionary at the con-store on his way home, and that he would like to have a little bit of privacy when they are alone. He asks if they can walk a little distance apart, so that they can talk without being found out, and he asks if she wants to hold his hand. She says that she loves him, and asks if he would hold her hand if she wanted to. He replies that she would, and they kiss. He then says that when he heard that she was coming home, he was worried, and wanted to disguise himself, so they would not be found out. She tells him that they could walk a bit apart, and she asks him if he