In which a forlorn Arabella, cast out and adrift in the rain, seeks refuge with Jude, whose heart is heavy with memories and unspoken sorrows as news of a certain union filters through the city’s whispers. Amidst sighs and spirits, they wander through Christminster’s dim streets, tracing old haunts and fragile hopes, until she leads him to the shadowed shelter of her father’s house, a place of concealment and uncertain comfort.