The chapter opens with a discussion of the merits of the quintuple pastry, which is made by packing azuki beans paste around a ball of sticky rice. The pastry tastes good, but the narrator complains about the lack of taste in the pastry. The narrator then asks the tutor how his wife is doing, and the tutor replies that she is taking a nap. The tutor then tells the narrator that uesugi-san is gravely ill and should be taken to the hospital for treatment. He then asks if the narrator is a good cook, and she replies that he is. She then tells him that they are out of options and that they should study with her and her tutor from now on. She tells the tutor that she has chosen the wrong method of studying and that she will never trust him again.