The narrator is in the middle of a conversation with a waiter at a restaurant when the waiter interrupts him to tell him that his heart hurts because he has waited so long to try a new dish. The waiter tells the narrator that he should have tried something else, but the narrator says that he is sorry that he had to wait so long. He asks the waiter if he can talk to him about something, and the waiter tells him that he can do so if he wants. The narrator tells the waiter that he has fallen in love many times, and that this has made him happy