The chapter opens with a conversation between the Domex girl and her father. Domex asks her father if he will be home late that night. He replies that he too will be late, but that he has something important to tell him. He asks his son-in-law to have a talk with his daughter about getting married. He tells her that he and his wife will need time to accept the marriage proposal. He then asks her to go look for his daughter, but she will not be at home. He says that he is staying in a good place, so he won't worry about her rejection. He goes on to say that he already wondered if remarriage was a mistake, and that she is pregnant. He apologizes for not getting married first, but he can't understand how people do stupid things when they are in love. He also says that since he fell in love with her, he has learned a lot about love and marriage. He adds that he heard that the second edition of the novel is already out.