The chapter opens with a description of home visits, in which a teacher visits the home of a student and tells the parents about the progress of the student's education. The narrator says that home visits are important for teachers because they give them an opportunity to see the state of the students' homes and to tell parents how the students are doing. The chapter ends with the narrator saying that he will protect Miss Mystia as a teacher, as a lover, and as a husband. He promises to take her under his wing. He says that if he ever gets close to her, he will pull her into his "fated dead end." He asks her to put aside her worries for now, and says that she deserves to be happy. He tells her that he had no time to move on after his sister's death, and he cursed himself for his helplessness. The arens, a medical family, developed a new drug that could save the lives of those suffering from the illnesses of their parents. The money that the arens had given to Miss Jessel's birthday was used to buy the new drug, which promises that her sister will still live by the time she becomes a doctor. He wonders if he will one day be able to like her, and asks if he likes him or hates him. He knows that she is better than him, and that he has only twice had the chance to talk to her. He goes to school without sleep, and when he wakes up, he sees that Miss Jessell is in charge of the school board. He thinks that this is an act of estrangement on the part of her parents, and wonders if she is the good Samaritan who saves her.