The story begins with the narrator's description of the livinghis life and his house, which was previously rented by a priest.
His story (Arabic) revolves around a teenager who falls in love with his friend's sister when he is 12 years old.
Joyce talks about the religious situation in that period, and he depictsdepicting the state of the population and their interaction with each other, as well as the life of the hero (who was not known by his name) during his adolescence, - how he lived his life with his uncle and aunt in a poor neighborhood, his love for his friend's sister and how he hesitated to even talk to her even. One night, he met her at her doorstep. She asksasked if he willwould attend the Bazar next Saturday called Arabi, I talked and asked him if hethe following Saturday, she was going to the Arab market, she is goinggo there to get herbuy a gift. Then the teenage protagonist goes bytook the train there at nightfall, and reached the market when almost all the stores arewere closed, and iswas surprised byat finding out the reality of the dreamer's condition,: poverty, anxiety, anger, and isolation.