General Eleonora Barrett returns injured. Father Bai Yihong strips her of power, forces resignation. Lady Lewis arranges Eleonora to marry a sickly wretch; Talia Barrett marries Prince Nolan. Brides get into wrong carriages. Eleonora lifts veil in Prince Nolan's Estate. Prince Nolan: "I heard the general was a dying woman. You came to my estate to wait for death?" Eleonora: "Who is waiting for death is not yet certain."