The narrator tells us that the lady in question is in a foreign land. She's in a quarrel with some of her friends. The lady is able to relax for a while, but then she gets caught up in a big fight with her husband. He brings her a new suit of clothes and tells her that he's brought a "manhattan" , which is a fancy car, for her to take with her. The narrator says that the cover of the suit has blown and the lady has been "nothing but trouble" . He then tells the lady that regino has invested ten million dollars in the head of the kid. The kid is standing between Mr. and Mrs. Regino, and they're going to have to decide what to do with him. The girl says that her old family advisor, who killed her father, has betrayed them and that she's going to show him where he is. She tells the girl that she was on vacation in Japan, and she brought her with her so that she can show him. She says that if they get this far, they'll be home free . But then she says that she used to like the girl best, and that