In which we find young Amory engaged in a spirited dialogue with two men whose varying perspectives on socialism, ambition, and the nature of human work draw out his restless idealism and sharply honed critique of his social milieu. As twilight descends, his solitary reflection amid the frost-bitten Jersey landscape reveals a poignant self-awareness and a growing estrangement from the alluring but treacherous beauty of the world he both desires and renounces.