The chapter opens with a soliloquy by the Governess. She tells the audience that she and her Governess are going for a walk in the city. The Governess is excited about the prospect of walking hand-in-hand with her husband, but she is worried that they will be too far apart to see each other. She says that she is a woman and cannot walk side-by-side with him. She reminds him that it takes time for two people to come to know each other in their present lives, and that they must stay close to each other to do so in the future. She also says that the Buddha once said that it took 500 times for people to look at each other before they were able to meet in the present. She wonders what part of the Buddha's teachings he used to come up with this idea of 500 times looking at one another before they met in the past. She then asks him if he got the idea from the Buddhist scriptures. He says that he does not know, but wonders if it is the jewels and precepts of Buddha or the utras of forty-two chapters. He then wonders if the two of them look alike now that they have met each other, and wonders if fate has brought them together. He wonders if this young man has bad intentions, but he is not referring to any classical works, he is just saying that he is blabbering to admit his defeat. He asks her if she can see her smiling happily while glancing at her husband. She replies that she can tell that her husband is charming, but that she cannot bear him mocking her all he wants. He wants to ruin their relationship, she says. She asks him to forgive his son, who is a naughty child. He is smart and wise,