Liza is a young girl, she was sent away to work and be married by her parents, which she is very bitter about. At first she does not want to talk to the Underground Man, she waits long periods of time before answering him and her answers are short and sharp. As the mostly one-sided conversation goes on she begins to answer more frequently, but still with short answers. The Underground man believes he has conquered her but then she tells him that what hes saying sounds like it is coming straight from a book. He is stunned but continues on to make herself break her own heart.