This chapter opens with a flashback to the early days of the novel, when the narrator was a child. He recalls his mother's conversation with his aunt, who was a woman of the upper class. The narrator recalls his aunt's description of him as a young man, with gold teeth inlaid on his face. He tells his aunt that he is afraid that he will be mistaken for her nephew, and that his taste for women is getting worse. He asks his aunt to take him to a cafe near her school, where he can talk to other students.