When factory boss Howard threatens a woman and her daughter, he orders guards to strip and hang them publicly to humiliate the crowd. The mother pleads while her daughter Sherry defies him, vowing that any cut on her neck will bring down the Howard family. Howard insists, repeating orders and promising to spare the mother only if he is satisfied. As Sherry apologizes and tells her mother she'll see her in the next life, someone screams, "No! Don't do it!" — the punishment and Sherry's fate hang unresolved.