This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous poem by the English poet William Butler Yeats, "Invisible Man." In this poem, a "low-class beast," a "bastard," and a "swish-swooping cultivator" are all in the same room at the same time. This is a reference to the "unified underworld" , and it's clear that the poet is referring to the underworld as a whole, not just his own house. The poet is shocked to see that the teacher of his own school is retreating, and he's even more shocked when he realizes that his house has been "beaten back" to its former form. He's shocked that his teacher is so angry at him, but he