This chapter opens with a description of the house where the cat lives. It is the house of the gukhwa, a woman who is the daughter of a wealthy family. The cat's grandmother gave her rings as a token of her love for the cat, and she hopes that she will give them to the woman she wants to spend her life with. The young master asks the woman why she changed her mind four years ago, and the woman replies that she did not want to be thrown out of her family's good graces. The officer tells the woman that she is 21 years old, and that the girl was the fiance of the young master's brother. When the woman's father and brother objected to the marriage, the girl rejected the proposal.