The next morning, the two women are alone together, and the narrator tells her that she's in a bad mood. He's worried that she might be having an affair with a guy she just met at work, and he worries that she doesn't have the "feminine luster" to fall in love with someone of her own social class. She tells him that she hasn't had sex with anyone in a long time, and that the chances of him being her lover are "low" . He tells her to chill out, and she agrees to do so.