This chapter opens with a conversation between a young boy and his father. The boy asks his father why he hasn't been attending church since he was baptized. The father tells him that he's too drunk to go to church, and that his parents forbade him from going. The young boy is confused by his father's behavior, and he tries to calm him down by saying that he doesn't want to be bothered by anyone in the church. He wants to be left alone with his father, but the father won't let him do so. He tells the boy to kiss him, and the boy agrees to do it.