Lord Hale discovers an unpaid bill for 37,000 taels was settled by someone using his signet. He instructs his staff to find the owner and cover all his future expenses, suspecting a message is being sent. A woman observes from Crystal Pavilion as a man named Mr. Vance boasts that Celine, despite a spat, will beg him to marry her. The woman then directly confronts Lord Hale, reminding him she has already offered herself to him and questioning whose wedding he plans to celebrate.