In a sickroom Eloise is coughing blood while Camila awkwardly explains a bloodstained handkerchief—she claims it came from spilled medicine—yet the visiting woman presses the issue, citing that Cam’s brother once saved her life. Eloise rejects the excuse and forces the visitor out; the woman leaves after promising to return. Elsewhere, Hayden Everett prepares to lead the army to war and vows to return to secure marriage with his intended. Her discovery that his heart belongs to another leads her to burn his keepsakes and abruptly end their relationship, leaving recovery and the broken betrothal unresolved.