This chapter provides a cautionary tale of French tour guides for Americans. The three friends have chosen Billfinger as a guide and soon discover he works on commission for the various shops. Twain also describes Napoleon III, the emperor of France and Abdul Aziz, the sultan of Turkey. Descriptions of these two men can be found in Twain's Letter Number 5 to the Daily Alta California but completely rewritten for this book. See McKeithan (1957) for a comparison.