In this chapter, we learn that the lieutenant's family was involved in the family tragedy, and that the evangelists' people were also involved in that tragedy. The lieutenant is getting a day off for the holidays, so he asks his wife to help him find the captain of his company. She agrees, and they decide to give the lieutenant some new clothes as a present. They decide to put a sign in the store that says "10 percent off for one , 20 percent off three , and so on" . The captain is mad, and the lieutenant is mad too, because they've made him look like a punk. They're going to work together to figure out a way to help save his mother, they say.