- Late at night, the bus is stopped by two policemen, who warn that the bus won't be able to continue on its way until morning. The road's closed, they say, due to flooding.
- Peter then finds a cabin in a roadside campground and tells Ellie that they'll be staying there for the night.
- Peter has pretended to be Ellie's husband; this way, they can share a cabin and save money.
- Ellie gets offended, thinking that Peter's sneakily trying to sleep with her.
- But Peter sets Ellie straight, explaining that she's "just a headline" to him, someone whose exclusive story he intends to write after he escorts her back to New York and King Westley.
- Peter threatens to turn Ellie over to her father if she doesn't cooperate with his plan.
- Peter then hangs a blanket on a string between their two beds, calling it "the Walls of Jericho." "Maybe not as thick as the ones that Joshua blew down with his trumpet," he says, "but a lot safer. You see, I have no trumpet."
- Peter also lends Ellie his pajamas.
- Ellie's still hesitant, but to get her over to her side of the cabin, Peter starts undressing in front of her.
- Ellie rushes away to her side, where she undresses. The sexual tension in the room is palpable.
- Before they fall asleep, Ellie asks what Peter's name is, and he finally tells her.