Clarissa, now blind, confronts the ruler and demands the freedom to leave the palace and marry. A marshal who served six years reminds the monarch of a promise tied to an emerald pendant that grants any wish. The ruler resists—Sophia must be empress and a blind woman cannot be allowed outside the walls—but the pendant is produced and he is challenged to keep his word. When asked whom she will marry, Clarissa confesses her love; the marshal then reveals he is the man Ms. Yowell wishes to marry, leaving the court waiting for the monarch's verdict.