In this chapter, we learn that the narrator is in love with a man named Bowen . Bowen is an old friend of the narrator's, and the two of them go for a walk together. The narrator tells Bowen that he doesn't approve of his relationship with Bowen, but he does approve of the fact that Bowen has forced him to do so. He also tells the narrator that his family disapproves of the idea of a homosexual relationship, but that most people still don't accept it. He says that if you're not attracted to someone, it will feel like "an eternity" , and that out of 7 billion people on the face of the earth, there's no way that you could ever fall in love.