When officials tell a young woman she'll go to the Duke's estate tomorrow as a consort, she panics—fearing her secret was found and imagining death in a white dress. At court, Mr. Calud is rebuked after offering service; the Duke refuses pleas and scorns suitors. Later Mr. Calud brings her to her father's grave, has a hole dug and she buries hidden money as an escape fund. She prays, asking her father to make the Duke reject her because she can't serve. The episode closes with the cash buried and the Duke's choice unresolved.