- Although Shonny is wracked with grief for his dead children, Tristram isn't sympathetic. He does his best to pump Shonny for information about Beatrice-Joanna.
- Shonny tells Tristram that Captain Loosley took Beatrice-Joanna and the twins, and that they were headed back to London.
- Tristram tries to convince Shonny to lend him money for his journey back to London, but Shonny refuses.