- At the telegraph office, Archer meets Lefferts, who makes a snide comment about how desperate the Mingotts must be if they are sending for Madame Olenska.
- News has spread about Beaufort's financial ruin. The next day they receive a telegram stating that Madame Olenska will arrive the following day.
- Nobody is able to go to meet her at the train station, so Newland offers to do so. May is surprised because she thought Newland was going to be in Washington, D.C., but Newland makes some excuse about how the suit has been postponed.