At a public fundraising event where everyone expects Princess Reynolds to drop 100 million to save lives, jeering onlookers claim she'll skip and be "buried by morning." They spot her arrive with a dog and hurl insults; one even says he should've scarred her. Voices warn that wasting the money would be treason. Instead of acquiescing, Princess Reynolds, in a foul mood, declares she'd rather burn the cash than "feed it to a pack of snakes." Her defiant refusal leaves the crowd and whether Dee will cover the sum before morning's backlash unresolved.