- After tying Crispin to a tree so he won't escape, Bear goes off to try to catch some dinner.
- Crispin does try to escape, but he's unsuccessful.
- Bear at last returns with a rabbit—more meat than Crispin has ever had at one time—and as they eat, Bear tells Crispin about some of his adventures.
- It turns out Bear knew Lord Furnival when he was a soldier.
- Crispin asks what Lord Furnival was like, and to hear Bear tell it, he was a total jerk.
- Great Wexly, where they're headed, is Lord Furnival's main home.
- Bear decides he needs to learn more about Crispin.