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Tom knocks at Mrs. Fitzpatrick's door five times the following day, but every time the maid says that she is not at home. Tom and Partridge lodge themselves at a house in Bondstreet. A young man is residing on the first floor. He is one of those privileged "Men of Wit and Pleasure" who spend their days and nights in coffee-shops. That night, Jones hears an uproar downstairs. He runs downstairs and saves a young man, who is being beaten by his footman. A young woman stands nearby, wringing her hands. This woman is in fact Nancy, the boarding-house landlady's daughter, and the young man is Nightingale, who lives on the first floor. Nightingale asks Tom to drink with him, and Nancy joins the men. Nightingale explains that his footman referred to a young lady in a manner that enraged him. Nancy's mother and sister return from a play. Although Tom is feeling despondent, he puts forward a gracious and entertaining front. Nightingale, Nancy, and Nancy's mother are delighted with Tom and invite him to breakfast. He is similarly pleased with them—Nancy is a pretty girl, as is her mother, who is almost fifty. Jones admires Nightingale for his "Generosity and Humanity" in spite of his foppishness. The man professes complete disinterestedness in affairs of love.