It's the end of the chapter, and we're left to wonder what all the fuss is about. The narrator tells us that he's not worried about the "recklessness of youth" thing. He's just worried about lydia's feelings for him. He tells her that she's really important to him, and he'll do anything to make her feel better. He doesn't want her to hurt him, he tells her. He also tells her to tell him if she does anything that makes him uncomfortable. He asks her if she wants to celebrate the New Year together, and she says that it was her parents' decision to do so. She also tells him that if there's only one of them, she'll still have a cheerful New Year's Eve with him.