Mr. Blythe appears in Mrs. Blythe’s room saying Agatha told him to sleep there, and she rails at him for trying to seduce her. She reveals she’s pregnant; he says he knows and chooses to sleep in the study. That night she wakes from a nightmare shouting “I didn't murder,” calling for Ivy and her parents and fearing prison, while Mr. Blythe stays until dawn holding her hand. In the morning expensive clothes arrive on his orders with staff saying he'll supply them monthly. Dr. Leir's return arrives as everything hangs unresolved.