The chapter opens with a conversation between the president and his wife. The president asks what he wants, and the wife tells him that the vice president will be dining at the company restaurant. The vice president is going to make all the arrangements for the meal. The wife tells the president that she is the wife of the president, and that she has gotten to the point where she can't stand the fancy restaurant. She says that she's never been so low-ranking as she is now. She's not used to fancy restaurants, she says, and she doesn't think she'll be able to handle the situation. The woman says that the president has asked her to come to the restaurant, but the manager of the restaurant says that it's fine for her to do so, as long as the child is calm. She asks the man to let her go, but he refuses, saying that she shouldn't have to because the president is the one who asked her. The man says that he helped increase the value of the company by 20 percent, and he's