This chapter opens with a conversation between a young man and an old woman. The young woman tells the old woman that she is pregnant. The old woman tells her that the baby will be delivered soon. She tells the young man that she will have to give birth to the baby herself. The woman tells him that she cannot bear the thought of giving birth to a baby who is not her own. The baby is a girl, and the woman is afraid that the child will die before she can give birth. She asks the young woman if she will be able to take care of the baby if she has to, and she tells the woman that if she cannot care for the baby, then the baby must be taken care of by someone else.