Tom Jones Book 10, Chapter 6

Containing, Among Other Things, the Ingenuity of Partridge, the Madness of Jones, and the Folly of Fitzpatrick

• It's five in the morning, and the new day is beginning.
• The sergeant, the coachman, and Partridge all drink a toast together. (At 5 a.m.? Gosh, guys, give your bodies a rest.)
• Tom calls for Partridge, and the two get ready to set out again.
• Partridge jokes about the two women he stopped from invading Tom's room the night before.
• Tom spots the muff that Susan smuggled into his room.
• He shouts at Partridge: where are those two women?!
• Partridge says they're probably miles away by now.
• Tom really, really freaks out.
• He screams at Partridge and at himself for missing the opportunity to see Sophia.
• We now have to jump back in time a little.
• The coach taking Sophia and Mrs. Honour to Bath is actually a rented coach.
• There are four seats for hire, and Sophia and Mrs. Honour are only filling half of them.
• When the coachman hears that Mr. Maclachlan is going to Bath too, he suggests that Mr. Maclachlan take one of the spare seats in the coach.
• Mr. Machlachlan agrees and wants Mr. Fitzpatrick to come with him.
• Mr. Machlachlan has also heard that a fine lady came to the inn that night.
• He suggests to Mr. Fitzpatrick that it might be his wife.
• Mr. Fitzpatrick is so dumb that he immediately starts running all through the inn looking for her.
• But of course, he doesn't find her.