At a crowded market scene, Winslet is publicly humiliated as villagers mock her and point at her husband Yusuf’s dirt-streaked clothes. Rival women trample her garments and taunt her while insults escalate. Chasen arrives; the family abruptly calls off his arranged marriage and offers Winslet to him as compensation. Chasen refuses to stand by the insults, tells Winslet he'll give her a home, and goes to fetch her belongings. Later a stranger returns a valuable watch to Chasen, claiming Xaria knew nothing. Rumors flare, will Xaria break off the engagement? The choice hangs unresolved.