- Elizabeth-Jane goes for a walk that evening and checks out the house where the young lady said she was going to live.
- It really is right in the middle of downtown – the living room windows face the town square where the market is held.
- There are lights on in the house, and Elizabeth-Jane imagines the young lady is probably there already.
- Elizabeth-Jane starts to leave but she sees Henchard coming up the street.
- She slips into a doorway so he won't see her and scold her.
- Henchard seemed to be heading to the young lady's house.
- Elizabeth-Jane doesn't see him knock, though.
- She hurries home and he arrives only a few minutes after her.
- She asks him if he would mind if she took a position as a companion in a respectable young lady's home.
- He has no objection at all and even promises to give her a monthly allowance.
- The next morning Elizabeth-Jane goes to meet the young lady at the cemetery to tell her that everything is arranged.
- The young lady finally tells Elizabeth-Jane her name: Miss Templeman.
- She goes back to Henchard's house to pack.
- When Henchard sees her on her way out, he regrets sending her away, but it's too late to convince her to stay.
- He asks her where she's going and she says the name of the house.
- Henchard seems surprised, but doesn't say anything.