When the narrator returns home, he is greeted by his mother, who tells him that his parents are very unhappy with him. She tells him to be careful on his way home, as he is not very fond of his father-in-law. The narrator tells his mother that he is glad he ran into her on the way home from the train station. He tells her that his friend who is coming over from college is his best friend, and that they are his best friends from when they were both in high school. He asks his mother if they are friends with both of them, and she says that they were. He is excited to meet them, since he has not seen them in a long time.