When the chapter opens, the narrator is wandering around the streets of Paris. He's looking for a place to stay during the storm, and he runs into Madame Bovary's house. She's kind enough to give him a warm welcome, and she tells him that he can stay if he wants. He thanks her for her hospitality, and says that if he ever goes back to Villeneuve, he'll drop by to say hello. He also tells her that he's hungry, and that his food has been stolen from him. The narrator is all, "ugh, I know how to handle with thieves" , and then he says, "how can there possibly be a lover" . He says that his father was just as cold and hungry as he was, and his father is just as greedy and self-serving as the rest of the thieves. He tells the narrator that even the servants are afraid of him, and the narrator says that Madame