Frederick
- After John Thornton's botched proposal, Margaret sits alone and thinks about Henry Lennox for the first time in ages. Henry, if you remember, is the lawyer from London who proposed to her back in Volume 1, Chapter 3. That's twice now that Margaret has rejected a marriage proposal.
- With Thornton, though, it's been different. Margaret has always felt like they were slight enemies, not even friends. That's part of what makes it so weird that Thornton would propose to her.
- Eventually, Margaret decides to get up and visit Bessy Higgins. Bessy is glad to see her and asks if she'd mind reading to her for a bit.
- They speak for a moment about the riot outside Mr. Thornton's house. Margaret asks whether Bessy's dad Nicholas was there, hoping he wasn't.
- Bessy assures her that her father didn't go. The man has no time for riots and disorderly conduct. He wants his men to strike respectfully. He is one of the Union labor leaders and he plans on telling the police who it was that organized the riot—his neighbor Boucher. But when he told Boucher what he'd do, Boucher begged him for mercy. Bessy also begged, and Higgins eventually relented.
- Margaret then reads to Bessy until the girl falls asleep.
- Back home, Margaret meets up with her mom. They get to talking about Frederick, and Mrs. Hale reminisces about what a wonderful son he was when he was still around.
- Finally, Mrs. Hale begs Margaret to find a way of getting Frederick back into the country. The woman absolutely must see her son again before she dies.
- Margaret promises to write a letter to Frederick that very night and to tell him everything about what's going on to see if he'll come home. Margaret then goes to send the letter.
- When Mr. Hale comes home, Margaret tells him everything that's happened. He says they should have waited to ask him first, since they'll be putting Frederick in danger of being executed.
- In the end, though, Mr. Hale is glad they wrote the letter. He agrees that it's worth the risk to let Mrs. Hale see her son again before she dies.
- And just like that, we've reached the end of Volume 1. Now it's time for a cup of English tea. Remember: drink with your pinkies extended.