The narrator laments the end of the summer. He feels that the summer has come to an end too, and that he has to tell the reporters what they want to hear. He tells Lee that he did not want to deal with the topic of first love in the book, because it was so universally accessible. Lee asks him where they are going, and the narrator tells him that he never agreed to the topic. He then tells the narrator that he hates giving advice to people, because lectures are counterproductive. Lee says that he is sorry, but that summer is already hot, and it is going to get even hotter. He wants to go out and play catch with Henry, but he is too tired to do so.