The Miniature
- Lizzie Rose stands nervously outside Madama's room because she's been summoned to show the old woman what she wants for her Christmas gifts.
- She walks into the room wearing a tiger-skin fur with her own clothes underneath, though she's been told to pick out a nicer dress because her clothes are worn out and old.
- Madama gets a closer look at Lizzie Rose and tells her she has beautiful, striking features—features that will make men fall in love with her when she grows older.
- Then, she tells Lizzie Rose that she used to have a lot of men who were in love with her back in the day. Lizzie Rose mentions having seen the cabinet downstairs with all the portraits of her admirers.
- For a moment, Lizzie Rose is tempted to ask Madama about whether or not she's going to leave Strachan's Ghyll to them, but then she decides that it's too selfish; she can't think like that.
- Instead, she asks for several volumes of Shakespeare because her father loved his plays. She also asks for a seashell and the portrait of the girl that she found in the library.
- That's when Madama freaks out, suddenly accusing Lizzie Rose of bringing the portrait into the room to mess with her. The girl starts to cry and storms out of the room.
- Madama calls her back and apologizes, saying that Lizzie Rose couldn't possibly have known what the portrait has meant to her. Then, she looks at Lizzie Rose's hand and realizes that Grisini lied to her—Lizzie Rose isn't deceitful, after all. She's very good.
- Lizzie Rose wants to return the portrait, but Madama says it doesn't mean anything to her anymore. Then, she says that it's a picture of a girl she used to know at school.