A woman lies poisoned: Frostbane has entered her heart and ordinary pills only suppress it. Mr. Jenkins (Grant), whose unusually pure vigor is the only cure, prepares a painful treatment. She drinks the medicine and endures the process; he warns it will hurt. The treatment succeeds—she recovers and thanks him, then vows that if she survives she'll marry him, do his laundry and have his children. They grow closer—she asks to call him Grant. He leaves to fetch blankets while she waits and hides the recovery from her stepmother, leaving their promise and the risk of discovery unresolved.