A casa seva Tom s'entera de l'esdeveniment de Cardiff Hill, i de com el cadaver de l'home esparracat havia estat descobert al riu, per atzar, vora l'embarcador: potser s'havia ofegat mentre procurava fugir.
At home Tom learned of the Cardiff Hill event; also that the "ragged man's" body had eventually been found in the river near the ferry-landing; he had been drowned while trying to escape, perhaps.