In this chapter, we learn that the young man in question is a "stranger," meaning that he has no idea of his father's identity. He is also a stranger because he has never met his father before. The young man is eager to meet his father, and the two men agree to meet him at work the next morning. The two men discuss the nature of the relationship between the father and son, and they decide that the father will be more interested in the younger man if he is "more tight" with his son.