The narrator thanks the doctor for his part-time job. He's been looking for work, but he's worried that he won't be able to find it soon enough. The doctor tells him that his stomach hurt suddenly, and then he ran into someone. He was surprised to see that the man was a doctor, so he brought him in on his own accord. He tells the narrator to take a look at him, and the doctor reassures him that he doesn't have any signs of injury from his fall. The narrator asks the doctor to put the stethoscope on his back, and he does. He wonders if the doctor can turn around for him, but the doctor says he can't, because he has to go to another appointment. The tone of the doctor's voice changes as he tries to soothe the narrator.