The narrator tells us that he heard that the president was selling the apartment where he and Madame Bovary used to live. The narrator says that he has finally gotten paid for the figurines, and that he plans to buy them. He asks the narrator if he forgot about the rent, and the narrator replies that he did, but that he doesn't intend to show them to him. The author asks the president if he came to see Miss Mo again today. The president says he didn't come to see her, because he had other things to do. He says he just remembered that he still has some work to do, and he won't leave until he has done all that he can to make himself look cold and distant.