The narrator apologizes to the bride-to-be for her behavior at the wedding. He tells her that he will apologize to Frederick the next time he sees her. He apologizes for being rude to her, and she apologizes profusely. The narrator tells the bride that he has a new job in the kitchen, and he is surprised to find that she is waiting for him. He asks her how she is feeling about her new job. She tells him that she has an intern who is doing well, but she is stressed out by her new duties. She asks if he is in the mood, and the narrator says that he is not. He then asks if the girl he is talking to is harming her own psychology. He says that the girl is contagious, and that she makes him smile. He adds that he knows her since childhood, when she made him smile in times of trouble. He thinks that she will be a precious person to him when she is at her best