After Mabel saves his son, Mr. Lucas vows to protect her family and sends men to arrest the Lewis family for treason. He offers Mabel gold as a reward; she refuses, saying the money is dirty and would worsen her father's charge. Lucas admits he was misled by the Lewises' lies and urges her to take it. His son Hans agrees to let the past be water under the bridge if she accepts. Reluctantly Mabel takes the gold to safeguard her father — then Mrs. Jones arrives, leaving the household's fate and the Lewises' arrest in doubt.