On the wedding day, Thorn relatives angrily insist they never should have accepted Clara Snow as their son's wife, denounce her for having an illegitimate child and vow not to help raise him or to get rid of him after the marriage. Rival guests spot Old Mr. King arriving; both families are holding weddings the same day. King explains his grandson is marrying Mary Cox while his son married Clara Snow and recalls the Snows' former fame. When Hugh returns with his wife, someone mutters, "Those hands look a lot like Mary's," leaving an unresolved doubt about the bride.