At breakfast, Penelope Green appears exhausted and recounts what she believes was a dream: a violent wind rattled her balcony doors, and when she stepped out she sensed eyes on her and saw a glowing creature, horse-sized, watching her from behind the trees. The other guests confirm there was no storm, leaving Penelope to laugh it off as a vivid dream. Cordelia, however, suspects Falada and notices her mother Evangeline smiling, then frowning when the conversation turns suspicious. Cordelia recalls Evangeline once summoning wind on the road, and fears her mother is moving against Penelope.

That evening, Hester visits Lady Strauss (Imogene) for brandy. Imogene reports that after playing cards with Evangeline, she is convinced Evangeline is ruthless and determined to marry Samuel within the month unless drastic action is taken. Hester admits she hoped Samuel might rekindle things with Penelope, but Imogene warns that putting Penelope in Evangeline's path is dangerous.

A bloodcurdling scream interrupts them. The household rushes to Penelope's room. Richard and the footmen break down the locked door to find Penelope standing dazed and bloodied, holding a long knife, with her maid lying dead against the wall. Evangeline is huddled near the open balcony door, hair disheveled, and screams that Penelope murdered the maid.

Richard tries to calmly coax Penelope into surrendering the knife. Penelope struggles to speak, choking out fragments, her eyes wild and trapped. Suddenly she strides toward Evangeline with the knife raised. Richard and Samuel lunge to intervene, but Penelope staggers past Evangeline, walks jerkily through the open balcony door, and throws herself over the railing to her death. Hester realizes too late that Evangeline has used her sorcery to compel Penelope, eliminating both the threat Penelope posed and a witness.