At a meeting about disposing a body in the river, the Commander orders men to find someone to pose as Murano — drunk and falling into the water — then chop up the corpse and throw it in, claiming a propeller sucked him to fool the President. Later, Thomas Zeal’s wife Cher, the Grace family daughter, asks the Commander for a divorce letter. She says she has no power and offers her fortune as military funds rather than let adulterers inherit, and asks him to name a price. The Commander replies, “What if I say I want you?” leaving the outcome unresolved.