Hugo borrows the book from the Film Academy library and returns to his apartment in the train station. Isabelle walks on crutches with a bandaged foot and visits Hugo, telling him she is apprehensive about Georges. He has a high fever and is talking to himself, but she doesn’t know how they will pay for his medicine with the toy booth closed. Hugo comforts her and shows her the book, pointing out what it says about her godfather. He also tells her that he saw Etienne when he went to the library and told him about Georges. Etienne and his teacher René Tabard will visit Georges next week. Isabelle is hesitant about this idea, but Hugo believes it is the only way to learn the truth. Hugo then tells Isabelle everything about the automaton, including the death and disappearance of his father and uncle, respectively. Isabelle thanks him for telling her, and Hugo tells her to stop by the toy booth tomorrow after school.

The next morning, Hugo opens and runs Georges’s toy booth, though he is frustrated by the limited use of his right hand. Isabelle arrives and sits with Hugo behind the counter.