Ethan Ford, Metrovale’s richest man, bursts into the Scott home to stop an arranged wedding where Roxelle is being married off to "a vegetable" for money. Family members mock Roxelle as a bumpkin who returned from the sticks and try to push Queenie into the match, but Ethan announces himself and proposes to Roxelle. Ignoring their insults, he stands firm and says, "I do," claiming her. As relatives and onlookers scramble and demand she reject him, Roxelle is led away by Ethan while the family shouts for her to return, leaving the household in uproar and the outcome unresolved.