The chapter opens with a soliloquy by the president of the company, who tells the story of how he and his wife have had to stay away from the company's headquarters in order to care for their sick wife. The president tells his wife that he is going back to the company headquarters because he has to take care of his wife. He tells her that he has agreed to go back because he is worried about her health. He asks her if she would like to take a ride with him. She tells him that she has agreed, and he agrees. She asks him how come his house is in a different part of town when the company is in the city. He says that he never agreed to it, and she says that she finds it strange that he does not tell her about it. She says that every time she asks him about it, he dodges the question. She then asks him if he has ever told her about the relocation of the headquarters. He does not answer her question, saying that he will tell her when he is ready to do so.