In this chapter, the reader is introduced to the protagonist of the novel, a young woman who has just come of age. She is the object of the protagonist's affections, and the protagonist is trying to make sense of the events that have taken place in her life. The protagonist tells the reader that she has been writing "un-derstated romances" , and that all of her stories have ended when the protagonist and her lover get together. She feels that she is being asked to "throwin sex scenes" in her next story, and she wonders why she is always "such a pushover." The protagonist says that he is grateful for all of the letters he has received from his readers, and he is looking forward to his next story. The reader asks the protagonist how he will make his sex scenes sexual, and when the author responds that he will try to "spice this up" and make it "sexy," the reader wonders aloud if the author is "the devil" .