 Kharlamp, an acquaintance, goes to see Andrei Kmita to get his help in persuading him to leave it.He and Zagloba make a journey to consult Yan and it is finally Zagloba who offers to speak to Volodyovski.Making his way to Warsaw, Zagloba meets his old friend, Hassling-Ketling, a Scot, who now resides in Warsaw after being adopted by a noble in Svyenta in Courland, who offers him a bed.