The narrator tells us that he knows he can't go back to Egypt, but he wants to see what's left behind. He's been waiting for this for a long time, and he's finally decided that he'll accept everything that's come his way. He wants to stay with her, even if it means that she'll never see him again. He tells her to go with him to see the city of Memphis. It's 5,000 years old, and it used to be a great city, but now it's closed off to outsiders. The narrator points out that there's a wall of Japanese roses in front of the city, which proves that everything was a dream. He also tells her not to touch anything on the wall, but to go inside and look at it. He doesn't want to leave her alone, he tells her.