In which Mr. Oldbuck hosts Lovel with ancient and hearty fare, exchanging lively discourse on spirits, ancestral legacy, and the noble art of printing while debating matters of scholarship and superstition. They then venture forth to the sands near the sea, where the hardy fisher-folk and their bartering shape a vivid portrait of rural life, before setting out towards Knockwinnock Castle under the fine prospect of a less turbulent day.