After Jurgis gets out of prison, he happens on another political meeting. Again he falls asleep. Someone whispers to him, calling him "comrade," and says that if he listens, he might "learn something." The speaker seems to be speaking directly to Jurgis. He is lamenting the workingman's fate. Jurgis is entranced.
The rest of the chapter is an impassioned speech for socialism. The combination of the speaker's extreme zeal and.....