Outside Jane's thoughts are moving far too quickly and so she almost stumbles upon her brother Henry and the Comtesse planning how she will save him with her jewels.

As she tries to find a place to slip out of the way, Lady Gresham calls for her and Jane steels herself once more.

Somehow she manages to respond and listen to the horrible things that Lady Gresham speaks of, her father's difficulties with money and her own faults of independent thought.

She does not remember if she gave a definite acceptance of marriage or simply that Lady Gresham decided she had either way she was finally allowed to escape once more.

In the garden perhaps she can try once more to find some peace if only for a time. After all, her life is truly not her own.