River has spent three weeks undercover in the quiet, boring town of Upshott, which is next to a Royal Air Force base with a small civilian airstrip for hobbyists. River is pretending to be a novelist, researching his next book. He is seeing a local woman named Kelly Tropper, who works at the Downside Man, the local pub. Kelly’s parents moved to Upshott when she was young. After sleeping with Kelly, River peeks at her sketchbook. Two styles catch his eye: aerial photographs, as she is an amateur pilot, and a highly stylized cityscape during a storm, surrounded by crossed-out words. River reports back to Lamb about his failure to find any information regarding Mr. B. 

Pashkin is in London for the meeting. Three weeks have passed since Min’s death, and Louisa is now paired with Marcus. As much as she does not like this, she is determined to stay on this job. She took one day to mourn before meeting with Webb to reiterate her commitment to the assignment. Most people, Webb included, presumed that Min died because he went cycling in the rain while drunk. She fantasized about killing Webb once she killed those responsible for Min’s death. Louisa and Marcus meet with Piotr and Kyril, who introduce them to Pashkin.