The chapter opens with a brief description of the three boys who have been kept as sex slaves in the boys' dormitory for three years by a savage. The narrator notes that the boys are "so cool" in Australia, and that they chatter incessantly. The boys' laughter is interrupted by the sound of a knock at the door, and the narrator realizes that he has been made to sit next to the savage. He is furious that he is being made to listen to his friend's chatter, and he decides to go to the room where they are to meet.