Before dawn, Vianne sits by Sarah’s fresh grave, too numb to pray. She cleans herself and returns home, where Captain Beck is awake and waiting but says little. Sophie notices Vianne’s fear, and Vianne avoids explaining, urging Sophie back to sleep.

That afternoon, Vianne takes Sophie into Carriveau expecting a roundup, but the town looks normal. On the way home, Sophie asks about Sarah, forcing Vianne to reveal that Sarah died. Sophie, hardened by the occupation, refuses Vianne’s vague comforts and angrily recognizes the danger behind Sarah being Jewish. Vianne suggests tying a ribbon to the apple tree to remember Sarah as they remember Antoine, and Sophie does so without accepting reassurance.

Vianne goes to the barn to check on Rachel and Ari in the cellar and, thinking Beck’s warning may have been overly cautious, tells Rachel to stay hidden one more night. As they approach Rachel’s house for supplies, a French police car arrives: Paul declares Rachel is being deported and drags her into the car at gunpoint. Vianne impulsively climbs in and follows, unable to remain “safe” after what happened to Sarah.

In town, a large roundup is underway: French police herd Jews to the station while cattle cars wait. Beck is on the platform with a whip, but French authorities control the loading; violence erupts when a fleeing mother is shot. Rachel begs Vianne to take Ari; Vianne accepts, choosing action over neutrality, and forces her way out through the crowd as Rachel is shoved into the packed cattle car and the door slams shut.

Back at Le Jardin, Vianne tells Sophie that Rachel has been deported because she is Jewish and foreign-born, and that Ari will stay with them. Later, consumed by grief and rage, Vianne adds a strip of Rachel’s gifted lace to the apple-tree branch beside Antoine’s and Sarah’s reminders. Beck arrives and explains the raid’s timing changed due to train issues; he claims he tried to help Rachel and warns that deportations will soon include all Jews, even French-born children like Ari. Beck promises not to betray Vianne, grows intimate in his concern, and Vianne almost yields to the comfort before pushing him away, shaken by wanting what she cannot accept.