Part 5, Chapter 3 Summary

The morning of the speech Beatrice again tries to get Wormold to stay home but he refuses, mostly out of fear for Milly. He tells her he only has to be careful what he eats and drinks. He figures there will be a common wine bottle which will be safe to drink from. Later, as he is entering the dinner hall, Hasselbacher comes running up to him. He tells Wormold not to go in, that someone is going to poison him. Wormold tells Hasselbacher he knows that and he is still gong in. He tells the doctor to go home and not to worry about him. As he watches his friend walk away, he feels very alone. Then he sees Carter, the man from the plane. They walk into the room together and Wormold is feeling confident with his friend and...