The chapter opens with a soliloquy about the inner circle, in which the narrator laments the fact that he and his wife are expected to remain "pure" for five months. He tells the audience that his wife, who is now called Allegra, was once a member of the "inner circle" before she was "turned into circe" . When the couple's daughter was born, Allegra "found focus" in the circle, and when she was pregnant, she chose the name "Circe" for her new baby. The narrator is not sure what to make of this choice, but he does not understand why his wife would want to share her child with him. He also criticizes the pirate king for having slept with everyone. The pirate king, the narrator says, was "by popular demand" a "sleeper with everybody" , and the narrator is sure that he will win the love of all women. He then goes on to complain that things have become boring since the arrival of the master of the circle. He asks the audience to remember that the master is leaving the circle one day, and that when he does, he will tell them what to do. He says that he is flattered to be allowed to stay "pure for the ceremony" of the wedding, but that he cannot do so for three months because he is a monogamist. He complains that the women are supposed to pay attention to him during the "rising and pay attention" and that they are not supposed to "ruffle" or "swoop" or even "turn it into one stand music." He also complains that he has no boobs because he has been holding a baby and holding his head like a "tawn" when the baby cries his chest hurt.