Later than night, Edward and Georgie come back to her apartment. She puts on loud and fast music, they start kissing on the couch. However, Edward suddenly stands up and shuts off the music. He wants to clarify Georgie’s relationship with Andrew before they have sex. Georgie assures Edward her relationship with Andrew is platonic—Andrew wants to refine her, so they only talk about books. Or rather, he talks and she listens. Edward heads into the kitchen for a drink, only to be disgusted by the unwashed dishes and the cockroach that scuttles across the floor. They drink Scotch and Edward, certain that she is in love with Andrew, declines Georgie’s offer to have sex by vulgarly alluding to his promiscuity and sexist views: “This is a fucking game to guys like me. You’re a piece of furniture […] I could go through three of you in a week!” (63). Georgie angrily takes a swing at Edward.

Andrew’s fiancée Lydia pounds at the door. Georgie is a surprised at her emotional display: Andrew described Lydia as reserved and Edward described her as a cold and fun-sucking “vampire” (73). Edward, fearing a messy confrontation, heads out.