Yorick buys a carriage and rides to Montriul, where he hires a servant, a young man named La Fleur with no useful skills. As Madame L- is leaving, Yorick mentions that her brother’s arrival has spoiled a proposal he wanted to make her she replies that she guesses what the proposal is and that if her brother had not arrived, she would have accepted. Then Monsieur Dessein comes back and tells Madame L- her brother has arrived at the hotel. Alone again, Yorick and Madame L- chat awkwardly about French men and flirtation.
Monsieur Dessein returns with the right key, but a servant calls him away. Yorick wants to offer to travel with Madame L- in a two-person carriage, but he worries people may infer an inappropriate sexual relationship between them.
The monk and Yorick exchange snuff-boxes as a gesture of friendship, and the monk departs. Yorick apologizes for his earlier behavior and offers the monk his snuff-box. When they reach the carriage-house, Monsieur Dessein realizes he has the wrong key and goes to fetch the right one, leaving Yorick and Madame L- alone. Believing he sees suffering on her face, Yorick develops a crush on Madame L- and wishes to do something good for her. Shortly after, Yorick bumps into Madame L-, offers her his hand, and follows Monsieur Dessein to the carriage-house with her. Retreating, Yorick crosses paths with Monsieur Dessein, a hotel-owner and proprietor of the carriage-yard, who offers to show him some carriages. There, he sees the monk speaking to a lady (later revealed to be Madame L-). Yorick visits a carriage-yard to buy a carriage. After the monk leaves, Yorick regrets his cruelty and resolves to let his trip teach him to be a better person. In Calais, a Franciscan monk begs Yorick for alms. An English priest named Yorick, deciding to travel to France, packs and sails for Calais.
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