In this chapter, the narrator tells the reader that he has something he should have told the reader, but he has kept it a secret because he doesn't want the reader to think he's lying. The narrator says that dreams can be very real, and that he can't believe that the man in the dream saw everything that was in front of him. He says that if the man had seen everything, he wouldn't have been able to see what was going on between him and the other man. He also says that the dream wasn't a dream at all, but rather a superstition. He reminds the reader of how his grandfather gave him an umbrella when it was stolen, and how the man who stole it thought he was the same as the thief who stole the umbrella. He asks the reader how he feels about the dream, and the narrator says he admires the content of the dream so much that he won't be able to give it up. If the man hadn't seen that dream, he must be in love with the narrator.