Part One: Chapter Three Summary

The bar closes at five in the morning and the four of them—David, Jacques, Guillaume, and Giovanni—pile tightly into a taxi to have breakfast in Les Halles. As they approach their destination, they are stuck in abysmally heavy traffic. There is some kind of farmer's market taking place and the taxi constantly has to stop for pedestrians and carts. David is very uncomfortable. Guillaume and Jacques subtly joke about Giovanni and David, and David is somewhat ashamed to be with the two of them anyway; both of them are significantly older than he and Giovanni are. Additionally, Guillaume and Jacques are unabashedly giving their opinions on the men who walk by.

They finally reach their destination, a dirty little diner which Giovanni, evidently, once frequented. Everyone in the bar recognizes him and the...