- Billy is confused and starts wondering where he should go next.
- He hears someone crying and goes toward the sound. He's approaching one of the camp toilets.
- On the latrine wall he sees a beautifully painted sign: "Please Leave This Latrine As Tidy As You Found It" (5.53.5).
- The crying is coming from inside the latrine. All of the American soldiers have diarrhea thanks to the rich food the English officers gave them at the feast.
- One of the crying Americans is the author of this very book.
- Billy staggers away from the latrine and toward the prison hospital.
- He goes through the hospital door and back into his honeymoon.
- Valencia says she has missed him.