Keira, a struggling widow who cooks for a marquis, is silently judged as too lowly. She is tasked with feeding the Marquis's son, Theo, and defies expectations when the picky boy happily eats her food. The Marquis takes note and offers her his protection. Meanwhile, his steward investigates and reveals Keira's background as a poor widow with a daughter. Despite the steward's insinuations, the Marquis shuts down gossip about Keira, but his own thoughts seem troubled, ending the episode lost in contemplation about her.