It's breakfast time, and the narrator is alone in her apartment. She's so happy to be alone that she's even more excited to be able to eat breakfast alone. She asks the maid if it's okay to eat alone, but the maid doesn't want to tell her what's going on. The maid says she'll have to ask her husband to give her a massage. The narrator can't figure out how to ask for a massage, so she dresses up in an embarrassing outfit for the occasion. She feels like she barely did it, and she decides to go see her husband upstairs.