Part 4 Summary

As Estelle holds her head in her hands, Garcin tries to convince Inez to let go of her role as torturer. As he's speaking Inez watches angrily. Back on earth her room is rented to a young couple that begins to make love. She suggests to Garcin that there's no way to avoid the traps that have been set for all three of them in this room; tells him she's never been the sort of person to let go of anything, but promises to not do him any harm if he promises to leave her and Estelle in peace.

Estelle asks Garcin to make the same promise since she can't stand the thought of being alone. She has a vision of another of her young lovers dancing with Olga. Estelle becomes more and more upset when she sees Olga telling him the truth...