The chapter opens with a description of the flower garden at the Raffles convent. The nuns eat three meals a day, pray daily, and cultivate the vegetables themselves. The narrator tells us that the nuns are very religious and live in a convent with 290000 other nuns. Sister Sumire tells the girls that they shouldn't get too "impure punks" on the grounds of the convent. She also tells them that they should be careful not to get too close to the beehives that are in the garden. The girls are worried that someone will get hurt, but they decide to wait until later.