In this short scene, the narrator laments the fact that he has wasted so much time doing all the work himself. He feels that he is wasting his time by being a man. He asks the young man why he is so bored. The young man replies that he wants to play more. The two men begin to argue about whether or not he is hungry, and the narrator tells him that he cannot even cook a meal by himself. But he cannot help behaving like the spoiled child when his father pampers him. He tells the boy that he will kill him if he does not leave. The boy says that he would like to go back to school, but he is afraid that the professor will be different from the one he has studied abroad. The narrator says that the midterm exams are over, so they should play. He says that his love for the boy has not changed, and he will not be returning to school. He then asks the boy if he has changed at all, to which the boy responds that he hasn't. The teacher says that this is because he is studying abroad, and that he