In this chapter, we are introduced to a number of characters, including a prostitute, a priest, and a young man. The prostitute tells us that she is sober, and that she feels guilty because she forced the priest to marry her. She tells him that she has "complicated and unexplainable feelings" for him. He apologizes, but she is not satisfied. She asks him if he is a forgiving husband, and he says that he is. She says that she should hate him, but that she can be friends with him. The priest leaves, and the young man asks her what happened to him. She replies that she did not do anything wrong, and she tells him to "slam get this through his head