This chapter opens with a flashback to the beginning of the previous chapter, in which the slave tells his master that he has been beaten by the master's servants. The master tells the slave that he is grateful for the kindness shown to him by his master, and that he will protect him. The slave tells the master that the master has ordered him to eat a hot meal, and the master tells him that the servants are "nothing but humble servants." The slave says that he would have been beaten to death if the master had not come to his rescue, but the master assures him that they are nothing but "humble servants." This is a reference to the fact that the slave has been badly beaten. The narrator then tells the story of how he has finally gotten a person to help him with the coloring of the story. The person is