2.) This story indicates that the past life of the man and girl has not been happy because they are on there way to get an operation for the girl. They seem to talk about the operation being simple and that other people have had the same operation. It seems like the quality of their relationship indicates that the girl and the guy are unhappy in there because it says in paragraph 50 "that's the only thing that bothers us. It is the only thing that made us unhappy." They don't seem to show much emotion in talking to each other. They also state that things between them will get better after the operation. The mans judgment about the future might not be accurate, it all depends on the outcome of the operation.

7.) The setting served as a location of where they were and what it looked like in the area. They had to wait fourty minutes for the train to come.