The chapter opens with a discussion of marriage and the idea of getting married to someone who is good. It's clear that the narrator doesn't want to get married to anyone, but he does want to marry someone who's good. He wants to marry a good person, because that's what he's been looking for. He's also looking for someone who loves him, and he wants that person to love him back. The narrator asks the audience to imagine what it would be like if he married someone who was good, but who wasn't as good as he is.