The narrator returns from a beer swing and is surprised to see that Henry has returned late. He tells Henry that he has something important to talk about and that he is going to bed. Henry tells the narrator that he won't let him talk about it until he is ready to go to bed, and the narrator asks him why he hasn't been more attentive to her lately. Henry says that he's been waiting for someone else to make a move on her, and that's why he didn't kiss her. The narrator asks if it's because of him or because of Henry, but Henry doesn't seem to have an answer. He says he was just starting to feel a little butterflies, and he thanks Henry for walking him home. Henry asks the narrator to take what he said seriously, but the narrator says that the narrator just said something like that, without any self-consciousness, without self-awareness. Henry gasps and glances at the narrator.