A rare individual who always creates the right ambiance, Bertrand exemplifies the French way of life at Big Sur, CA, and resuscitates in Henry Miller the music first implanted during his ten years spent in France. He introduces Monsieur de Carmoy of the Office d'Echanges, Paris, who promises to get Miller his overdue royalties. Bertrand also brings over a French journalist who offers to track down old friends, the Pachoutinsky boys.