After discovering a suspicious wound on Benjamin's stomach, the immediate conflict arises as he and another person accuse Olivia, his mistress, of causing the injury. Despite pleas that Olivia is too timid to harm anyone, Benjamin insists she is responsible, escalating the tension between them. Benjamin confronts the situation directly, refusing to believe otherwise while the other person begs him to leave, insisting they owe him nothing. The episode ends with Benjamin demanding the truth about who wounded him, leaving the actual assailant unresolved and the situation fraught with suspicion and mistrust.