The narrator tells us that the novel is set in a secret place behind a hotel. It's called the "quiet garden," and it's where lovers go to confess their love for one another. The narrator says that he can't promise that he'll ever marry his lover, but he promises that one day, when he can stand on his own two feet and be a man, he's going to marry him. He's not saying that he did something wrong, but that he feels closer and closer to his lover now that they're "real lovers" . He says that whenever he thinks about his love, he will tell his lover that he loves him. The two of them embrace in the garden, and they vow to love one another forever.