- Rousseau starts experiencing urinary infections as soon as he leaves the Hermitage—no fun.
- Even though Rousseau's fighting with Mme d'Epinay, she writes him a super-polite letter offering to pay him back for some minor expenses. She's a classy lady.
- But Rousseau's still worried that Mme d'Epinay and his former buddy Grimm are conspiring to make everyone hate him. They even try to pull Diderot into their web of lies.
- Mme d'Epinay invites Rousseau to dinner with a bunch of Rousseau's former friends, including Mme d'Houdetot. Is this some kind of trap?
- Rousseau goes, obviously. Mme d'Houdetot is kept at a distance from Rousseau by the jealous Saint-Lambert.
- Meanwhile, Rousseau has released a public explanation of his pseudo-affair with Mme d'Houdetot: Letter to d'Alembert. It's received well.