Seraphina Lowell, a genius, dies and wakes up in the Republican Era as Marshal Vance's fiancée. She plans to exit once the Ninth Mistress appears. On their wedding day, Marshal Vance hears her thoughts: '[Is this Ethan Vance, the one who's having an affair with the Ninth Mistress?]' Ethan Vance wonders, 'My father only has eight mistresses. Where on earth did a ninth one come from?'
