The chapter opens with a thud. It's not a kiss, it's a kiss against Henry's will. Miss bright is kissing Henry against his will, and he's laughing at her. He whispers something to her, and she laughs at him. She likes him so much that they kiss. The narrator tells us that he heard about the war in the morning. He's always wondered what tom's life might have been like. He didn't do anything wrong, he just did what he was told. He was a good runner, a good student, and a nice person. He should have locked up tom so that he wouldn't have to go into the war. That's the only thing he could ever do to Henry, the narrator says. He can do things only in his dreams, he says. And he should feel ashamed about it when he wakes up. He says he'll show Henry what he looks like when he eats the steak he gave him. He doesn't know what he wants to do with Henry yet, but he knows that his rebellion hasn't ended yet. He wants to go to America to continue the revolution.