This chapter opens with a flashback to the previous chapter, in which Dr. Bledsoe's memory seems to have been restored. Dr. Norton is now in the middle of a conversation with the Governess, who is still very ill. The Governess is still awake, but she is not sure what is wrong. She is worried about her husband, who seems to be in a good mood. He has called her his wife, and she has even slept in his bed. She asks him to be careful, and he says that he almost died from seasickness, but now they are on their way to Linying Temple. He tells her to