The narrator and the young master go back to the village to find out what's going on. The young master wants to give the night-pearl to the yoking master, but the narrator doesn't think it's the right thing to do. He tells the young man that he's falling in love with the master, and the two of them need to break up. The narrator says he'll explain his relationship to the master to the young lady, and she'll have to explain it to the rich lady. The two decide to go back into the village and ask the village chief about the master's walk.