- It's time for a little meditation. Rousseau tells us he's basically written everything up to this point from memory. Things are gonna be different now, though.
- Our guy stops by Lyons to see some old friends and sell some geometry books.
- Specifically, Rousseau wants to get re-acquainted with his old pal Mlle Serre. It doesn't hurt that he has a little crush on her.
- Unfortunately, she gets married soon afterwards and dies a few years later.
- Rousseau's hitting Paris for real, now. He brings his recently-written comedy Narcissus to market around.
- He even reads an important paper at the Academy of Sciences—fancy-schmancy.