This chapter opens with a description of a dog and its owner. The dog owner is the same dog's owner, who is also the owner of a cat. The cat's sister is trying to help her sister wear an expensive pair of earrings, but the dog is touching her sister's hand to remove the earrings. This touches her self-consciousness, and she realizes that the dog has touched her own hand. She realizes that she is not in control of her emotions, and that she has no control over the dog.