This chapter opens with a flashback to the first time the two of them saw each other. It's the day after Valentine's Day, and they're in the middle of a road trip. They're on their way to the train station when they bump into each other, and the narrator tells us that he's not sure if they've seen each other in person before. He's sure they haven't, but he doesn't know why. The narrator says he'll tell Mr. Lorry the whole story later, but first he wants to introduce the two to one another. He introduces the narrator to the other passengers, and then he introduces Lorry to Aunt Marmee, who's waiting for him at the station