In which the narrator wrestles deeply with the troubling absence of a dear girl and the suspected role of a woman named Amy in her unexplained disappearance, all while carefully entrusting her affairs to a faithful Quaker friend. As she embarks upon a journey to Holland with her spouse, disguising her identity and endeavouring to elude discovery, she reflects upon her past actions and contemplates the uneasy prospects that lie ahead on the road through England and beyond.