The next day, the party at the house is going to be a "party of the honest" . The party will be attended by a bunch of famous people, and the narrator wants to invite his family to come too. He's not a big fan of parties, and he doesn't want to be associated with people who are "notable" like him. He wants to be friends with people of higher social standing. He also wants to make sure that his family will be invited to attend the party. The narrator is a little worried that he's going to get into trouble for being friends with a person of such low social standing, but then he realizes that he likes the guy.