- At the Two Windmills, an old man flirts with Suzanne, who reveals that she was a trapeze artist and that her lover dropped her.
- This discussion of love gives Amélie the idea of fixing up creepy Joseph with hypochondriac Georgette.
- Amélie tells Joseph that Georgette craves his attention, which draws his attention to her.
- That night, Georgette calls Joseph "the nut with the tape recorder," and Amélie tells her that it isn't Gina he's after—it's her.
- Amélie buys a newspaper with an article about letters lost in a plane crash, and she gossips with the newslady about Georgette and Joseph's budding love affair.