In this chapter, the author emphasizes the importance of David as Anna’s tenant. He had leased part of the house in her time of need of a person to help her with errands that involved moving out of the house. After her agoraphobia, it would have been difficult for her to carry out such errands. In addition, David was a handy-man who occasionally assisted Anna to make house repairs. Although he suggests that Anna should open more windows to achieve better lighting of her house, she repudiates it and tries to explain her phobia. To show David’s helpfulness the author gives an analogy of when Anna’s cat comes home with a carcass of a rat. David assists Anna to take it to the trash outside. As he is leaving, Anna hears somebody else taking a shower in David’s apartment. Anna assumes that it is one of his female companions. This shows that David occasionally had romantic flings with different women.