Moyamensing Prison
- Holmes is a model prisoner. "He made a game of using his charm to gain concessions from his keepers" (4.2.2).
- By this time, Geyer has become a national sensation in his quest to find the Pitezel children and return them safely to their mother Carrie.
- Holmes begins writing his memoir, and it reads like a fable. He also writes a letter to Carrie, assuring the woman the children are safe in London with Minnie.