Reconciling herself to being alone in the attic while Becky is in Ashfield, Sara wakes up and throws breadcrumbs to the sparrows. She notices that the house next door seems to have many children, and hopes to play with them. Molly orders her to bring breakfast in bed to the Headmistress, who tells her to clean the classroom windows and send a message to Amelia. Sara receives a letter from Becky, and Cesar discovers that the house next door is being renovated. On her way back from Covent Garden Sara sees the Indian lascar Ram Dass unload his master, Thomas Carrisford, from a carriage.