In Georgetown, British Guiana (what is now Guyana), Nobody directs Rachel and Mary Grace to a tavern where they can stay. He explains the cultural makeup of Georgetown, stating that the town was once Dutch. At the tavern, Rachel meets Albert, the barman. To keep Nobody around, she lies to Albert, stating that Nobody is her son. She also lies about not having any other children. To earn a living while in Georgetown, Rachel and Mary Grace work at the tavern.

While wandering the town one day, Rachel meets a father and son who are waiting at the docks. She asks them if they know Micah and Thomas Augustus. The son states that they do not and reveals that he and his father are waiting for his mother. Rachel recognizes the grief in the father’s eyes that remind her of her dead children, Samuel and Kitty. The recognition of the grief causes her to panic about her remaining, missing children. She returns to the tavern.