In this chapter, we learn that sukeyo's twin sister, who we now learn is her real name, is trying to find a way to rid herself of her beauty so that she can become someone else. She wants to be rid of her identity so that no one will know that she is her sister. She asks her father, who is twenty-one years old, for advice. He tells her that he is a stage-diligence tor and that he has been rude to her. He says that he wants to know why he is done with her, and she says that she has grown obsessed with the fact that he looks in her eyes like he is looking at her. She says that this is a good thing because it is making her blind