The two young men go to the amusement park to watch the acrobatics, which is a popular sport among the students at the school. The acrobats have a stall on the other side of the park, and the young men are eager to see the mask magician perform. The young men wonder why the acrobats stall has so few customers when their performance is so popular. The mask magician is a well-known performer, but he has never been able to remove his mask and no one knows what his true identity is. He is said to be a "deceitful trickster" who has been "taken away" from the business of mask-making. The two men decide to go see the performance, which begins at 5:00 p.m.