This chapter opens with a flashback to a time many years ago, when the narrator's father sold his wife to a blind man. The blind man was the landlord of the house where the narrator lived, and the narrator was sold to the landlord's cousin, who brought him to the house. The narrator tells his father that the blind man is still alive, and that the man who abandoned the woman is definitely blind. He tells the father that his wife is very considerate of her cousin, and he hopes that the young man can take care of his cousin. The young man tells the narrator that he must go upstairs to see what the family can do for his cousin, but the narrator tells him that he can stay because he wants to talk to his father-in-law first. He says that he wanted to seduce his husband, but that it was not easy for him to bring him to this house, so he's letting him stay so he can calm down first. Then he introduces the young woman, who will become his fourth wife, and says that the second wife is still too "wife" to be his eldest son. The family is getting noisy, and they're going to have swimming lessons, so they need to buy a swimwear. They're not good at swimming, but they don't care, because the narrator doesn't like to swim either.