This chapter begins with our last inner glimpse of Charles Gould, and ends with our first inner glimpse of Nostromo, as he awakens to a changed consciousness. It is thus a bridge that takes us from one phase of the novel to the next. Our farewell to Charles Gould consists of a scene that basically equates him with Pedro Montero as powerful opponents squabbling for the silver mine, and significantly shows him separate from his wife, who shares her intimate moment with Dr Monygham.