At a tense family meeting Melanie's match into the wealthy Leighs is finalized when Celeste's relatives reluctantly hand over the dowry. The wedding proceeds with barbed comments; Michael brushes off insults by saying that marrying into the Leighs — and inheriting his father's estate — will compensate. A captain traces a prior incident to Mr. Leigh and Melanie, and Michael is confronted: he admits he hurt Celeste while she was helpless. Celeste replies, "I'll make them pay for pushing you into the water." The episode ends with the couple entering a fraught wedding night and unresolved consequences from the confession.