In this chapter, the narrator explains that the handprint on the wall is a sign that someone is spying on him. He wonders if there is someone like him who has to spy on him to stop him from going wild. The narrator also explains that he is a corpse mortician, or a person who dresses a corpse to allow it to be buried in dignity. In ancient times, it was common for people to be dismembered and mutilated, so it was necessary for someone to make up the body and dress it so it would be presentable. In this case, the person was called a "connector." The narrator describes two such cases in which his granny used mysterious papier-mache to restore a dead body to life.