The chapter opens with a conversation between a boy and his boss. The boy tells his boss that he has not yet met the girl he works for. He tells her that he does not call her his boss because they are not from the same department. The girl tells him that her boss is pushing two of her superiors around. She tells the boy that his boss is not feeling well and that she is going to get him something to drink. He asks her if she wants anything and she says that she does not want anything to drink because he is not getting enough sleep. She says that he is burdening her with his work. She asks him if he did not realize that she was back. He replies that he was thinking about something and that someone must have said something to upset him. She apologizes that she did not mean to say that, but she knows that she should not pick a fight with her boss. She adds that she will take her boss home and that her place is not far from here. She feels that she has nothing to give her boss and that he keeps her in his sights all the time. She decides to start a game of "bingo" with him. The first number is 21, the second is 22, and the third is 23.