Summary

Now thirty-one years old, Mr. Biswas is unsure of where he is going as he leaves Arwacas. Purely by chance, he ends up on a bus to Port of Spain, the city where Dehuti lives with her husband Ramchaud. They welcome him, and are sincerely happy when he says he has left Shama. Ramchaud tells him to take it easy and get over his illness, but Mr. Biswas begins to feel his freedom is becoming a burden, and he gets restless again. He decides he needs to do something, and fear spasms surprise him. He discovers that he cannot ignore the past, and the wholeness of his mind returns; unfortunately, the stomach pains, which had not plagued him for months, also return. Passing by the office of The Sentinel, he decides to go in and ask for a job. After painting some signs for the editor...