In this chapter, the young narrator is introduced to his grandfather, who has recently passed away. When he is sorting through his grandfather's possessions, he finds a letter from his former lover, Billy, and a photograph of his grandfather and his lover, Andrea. The young narrator finds Andrea to be a beautiful woman, and his grandfather must have been an adventurer, making her lonely. Andrea was a friend of his father's, who died when the young man was a child. Andrea is a kind woman, but she is too kind to tell him more about her former lover. He feels bad for reading Billy's letters and discovering his secret, but he is glad that he came to the end of his life. He asks his grandfather if he is feeling better, and he replies that as long as he is not happy in the present, he does not miss the past. He says that Andrea does not lack in her life, but only in her feelings.