Emma accompanies Dorothea to visit a mysterious woman known only as “Mrs. Trollope.” Meanwhile, William goes to see a play in his ill sister’s stead, but a surprise awaits him there…

Mrs. Trollope asks Emma to join her at her son’s engagement party, as an attendant. Mrs. Molders decides that Emma will go, but it’s a decision that Emma might soon regret.

William’s heart has been thrown into turmoil. In an attempt to calm him, William’s mother tells him about her past, along with what happened between her and Richard.

The decision to call off the engagement is slowly breaking the Jones family apart. And to make matters worse, Viscount Campbell has set a terrible scheme into motion...