At first, the narrator tries to comfort Su by saying that he just wants to see her sad. He feels happy when he sees her happy, and he feels sad when he thinks that she is sad. The narrator tells Su that he knows what she wants, and that he will tell him the secret about her. Su tells the narrator that the haunted house has been over, and Su says that he finds it childish. Su asks the narrator if he is scared, and the narrator tells him that he should hide behind him and look right at him. He tells Su to go away if she comes any closer, and then he will shoot her