In Which Is Introduced One of the Pleasantest Barbers That Was Ever Recorded in History, the Barber of Bagdad, Nor He in Don Quixote Not Excepted
- Tom wakes up again after sleeping seven hours.
- He feels awesome.
- He goes down to the kitchen for some food.
- Tom also asks for a barber to come and shave him.
- The barber arrives: his name is Little Benjamin.
- He jokes with Tom so quickly that Tom is charmed.
- Tom invites Little Benjamin to stay and have a drink with him.
- Tom eats dinner fast and then orders a bottle of wine to split with Little Benjamin.
- Meanwhile, Little Benjamin has been listening to the landlady telling her servants all about Tom.
- Some of the general facts she mentions are true.
- But most of it is totally made up by the landlady.
- Still, Little Benjamin realizes that Tom is that kid, the boy who was raised by Squire Allworthy.
- Little Benjamin tells the landlady he knows of Tom.