Alicia confronts Lycan as an enraged man storms in, threatening revenge for "ruining my girl's marriage." A companion warns that Sable men are coming and insists everyone stay out of it. Small talk follows—Woodabbey mountainside as a home and a dismissive remark about someone named Celly—before one person offers to take Alicia home, citing an afternoon judging duty and insisting she stay. The mood snaps when Mrs. Sable hears Mr. Gray is married and, furious, declares, "We're going to the Grays'!" The Sables rush out, setting up an immediate, unresolved confrontation.