The chapter opens with a conversation between the weasel and nishiki. . the weasel asks . if you have already decided that you want a wife. the nishike replies that she is atsumoris mother and that she will do her best to impress her. She tells the weasel that she would like to see another date with Atsumori, but that she does not want to change him in his view of marriage. She asks the weasel to take a picture of them together, but he refuses to take one unless it is with Atsamuori. She says that if they were to get separated, she would not be able to communicate with him. She adds that it would be painful if they got separated, but she is glad that it is not a good idea. She picks out a new hat for him, thinking that it will get his mother off his back.