In this chapter, we learn that the young woman is engaged to a man who is a member of the "Gorilla Family," a group of African-American men who live in New York City. The couple is planning to get married in a few days, and the girl is worried that her parents will disapprove of the marriage. The girl tries to reassure her, saying that she is not interested in the man she is about to marry, and that she would like to go for a walk with the man before the wedding. She tells the girl that she has been forced to leave the hotel where she was supposed to meet the man, and she asks the girl if she has a cut on her shoulder. She replies that she does, and asks if she is a woman, too.