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Re-Balzacification
 
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The Headman Returns

During the tailors stay at Luo and the narrator's house, he insists that he was told a story. The narrator chooses the story of The Count of Monte Cristo. As he tells the tale, the tailor is enthralled, this supports the praise of the storytellers that he had heard from his daughter. This puts them on good terms with the seamstress's Father. This part also subtly opened the narrator's eyes to how good of a story teller he actually is, and how stories can have deep affects on people.
However, Unfortunately, the Headman had already returned at this time and was very unhappy about a dental job that he had received at the hospital. His terrible mood caused by the tooth aches that he had caused him to become even worse tempered that he usually was. This was not the best time to be telling Western stories...


 
This may be the first time he realizes it, however it is not the first time his abilities have have revealed themselves. Now, he has risen from just reciting a story to actually "telling" it, and to a demanding audience as well. His physical condition doesn't even seem to bother him, he has become so adept at the art.

The ironic thing about this is that in the beginning of the novel, the narrator said that the days of long storytellings were over, and that was a skill that was of little value, yet here he is telling an incredibly long story to a respectable guest who actually values his skill.