A Father and Son
- Monsieur de Rênal approaches Mr. Sorel about getting his son to work in the Rênal house as a tutor.
- Sorel is happy about the news, but he doesn't show it because he's a stone cold bargainer and he wants to take Rênal for as much money as he can.
- When he gets back to the sawmill, Monsieur Sorel see his son Julien reading a book instead of doing his job and looking after the machinery.
- He whaps his son on the head and calls him lazy.
- We can tell that Mr. Sorel is about to tell his son about the arrangements with the mayor, but Julien trembles as if his dad is going to kill him for some reason.