The narrator explains that he has been in the jewelry business for many years, and that he does not like to haggle with customers. He offers to sell the lady agate if she wants it. He tells her that she can sell it at a higher price at the market place. He then gives her a business card and tells her to use it to pay for the goods she wants to sell. The narrator then tells the lady that he cannot make it to her dinner because he has to work late that night. She tells him that she knows that agate is worth more money and asks him why he did not ask for more. He says that making friends with him will benefit him in the long run. She then tells him to stop following her. She wants to worship him as a teacher.