The narrator finds a
locked suitcase under their friend's Four Eyes' bed. The next time the narrator looks for it, it is gone and Four Eyes denies any of their spectulations about what is in the suitcase. Lou suggested
banned books and the narrator and him spend time guessing which books Four Eyes has in his possesion. After much hardship and begging, the boys are given a book from Four Eyes' suitcase by the author
Balzac. After reading Balzac, Lou travels to tell the Little Chinese Seamstress all about the writing. The narrator feels tinged by
jealousy after thinking about Lou's trip to see her.
After much begging for another novel, the boys are given a mission from Four Eyes. Four Eyes has been offered a job from a newpaper if he can find traditional songs from the countryside and write a newstory about them. At first he is confident that this assignment will be easily completed but after a
disastrous meeting with a secluded miller who can sing these songs, he has to rely on Lou and the narrator to get the songs for him. The boys complete their task but the narrator is
angered when Four Eyes is unhappy with the songs the miller sang to them. The narrator will not permit Four Eyes to
completely change the song and accidentally punches him while trying to take back the sheet of songs. This ends Lou and the narrator's relationship with Four Eyes and any hope for them to be given any more of the banned novels.
