The narrator returns home from work and laments the fact that he has not been able to spend much time with his suitor. He laments that he does not eat well, that he sleeps too much, and that he is lazy. He feels that he made the wrong choice in choosing him. He wonders if he would be able to get married now if he waited too long. He worries that if he waits too long, he will fall in love and marry someone else.