The narrator tells the students that they are going to sketch a town all day, and that they should gather in the pavilion at 4:00 p.m. He tells them to call him if there is anything they would like to sketch. He also tells them that their roommates are sick, and one of them is drunk. The students decide to go for a walk and sketch, but the rain is so heavy that they end up getting wet. The narrator brings the students an umbrella so they can go back to the pavilion if the rain stops.