2 others from town get married, and things settle down. Séadna's even quieter and gloomier than usual. People still can't figure him out.
He often thinks of the barefoot woman that gave him the jewel. His time is running out. 1 day left. Séadna pays his men early.
He goes off to a lonely place, and she (an bhean chosnochtaithe) comes back! she explains the mystery of the missing purse (see chapter 4). She gives Séadna instructions and has a plan, and the coin he had given her.