- Maisie shows Mrs. Wix around Boulogne, and they continue their conversation.
- Mrs. Wix asks Maisie if she has "any moral sense" (XXVI.1). This question will remain important until the end of the novel.
- Attempting to impart moral sense, Mrs. Wix repeats that Sir Claude is committing a crime by being with Mrs. Beale.
- Speak of the devil! Out of nowhere, just before the chapter ends, Mrs. Beale shows up.