The chapter opens with a conversation between the two of them. The narrator asks the young man if he is feeling uneasy. The young man replies that he feels uneasy, but that he cannot say that he is afraid of the man. He tells the narrator that he has been drinking in the city for a year and that the man has come to pick him up. He asks why he came to pick up his sister, and she tells him that she has been acting strange because of the car accident. She asks the narrator to listen to her patiently, and he tells her that she should listen to him patiently, because she has many forces behind her. The people who harmed her have many forces, he says, and with his current situation, he cannot take care of everyone. He says that he will help his parents recover, and when the time comes, he will join them. He also tells the young woman that he plans to return to her as soon as he can, and that she will have more freedom if she returns to him. He reminds her that he wants to leave, but he also reminds her to send him money for his monthly expenses.