Physician is holding a party. Bar and Ferdinand Barnacle are present.
Physician is an attractive man. People act more natural around him because of his vocation. He sees them at their most vulnerable. Bar sees people at their most vulnerable too, but he doesn't see the goodness in people that Physcian did.
Mr. Merdle is absent from the party, but he never contributed much to be missed.
Bar asks Mrs. Merdle if it is true her husband will become a titled personage. She claims she doesn't know. She thought the Physician would know, but he is also ignorant.
After the party, Physician sets down to read. A man comes, asking him to accompany him to the warm baths. He hands the physician a scrap of paper found at the scene. It has the Physician's name and address written on it.
Physician goes
