Von Rumpel climbs a ladder to view the city of Saint-Malo burning in the distance. The lymph nodes in his neck are swollen and painful, and they threaten to choke him. He sees that Number 4 rue Vauborel still stands; he will wait until the smoke clears before he goes into the city.

Werner and the other two men are still alive and trapped in the basement of the Hotel of Bees. Werner imagines that the three of them are only alive because they all have some reparations to make before they die.

Marie-Laure imagines her great-uncle trying to make his way toward her. She finds two cans—the only food left in the house apart from her half-loaf of bread.