Part 3 Summary

Sunday arrives again, and Joel spends most of the day relaxing with the newspaper and having lunch in his room. He dresses for dinner and drives his second-hand car to the hostess's apartment. Soon after his arrival, Miles and Stella also arrive, wearing riding clothes. It is clear that they have been arguing.

Miles Calman is a tall man, and although enormously successful, Joel thinks he is very unhappy. Before turning his attention to Joel, Miles tells the man standing next to him to not bring up the name of Eva Goebel and implies that there is some issue regarding her. When he turns to Joel, Miles apologizes for missing him the previous afternoon. He was with his psychoanalyst. When Joel questions Miles' need for professional help, he learns that Miles first went for help to overcome claustrophobia and now has decided to...