When Jake returns to his apartment, the concierge tells him that a lady and a gentleman, apparently Brett and the Count, stopped by to see him when he was out. Jake receives a telegram from his friend Bill Gorton, an American writer, saying that Bill is about to arrive in France via steamship. Brett and the Count return. While the Count is out seeking champagne, Jake expresses his love for Brett and asks if they can live together, but she tells him it would be impossible because she would be tempted to cheat on him. She also tells him that she is about to travel to San Sebastian, a coastal town in the Basque region of Spain. When the Count returns, all three drink together, eat dinner, and go to a nightclub in Montmartre, where Jake and Brett dance and she tells him she feels miserable. Jake takes her home, and they part.
