- Back in London, Mr. Gilmore receives word that the marriage is definitely on.
- He gets to work on drawing up Laura's marriage settlement, meaning arranging how her finances would work out.
- We get some background on the Fairlies. Philip Fairlie, Laura's dad, had two siblings. After his death the younger brother, Frederick, inherited Limmeridge (no girls allowed to inherit, apparently).
- His sister, Eleanor, married an Italian guy. Philip was furious about that and cut Eleanor out of his will.
- Laura has a boatload of money. Mr. Gilmore draws up a settlement that ensures that either her kids will get the money… or Marian will if she dies childless.
- Mr. Gilmore is super-upset when a counter-proposal arrives from Sir Percival's lawyer, Mr. Merriman.
- The counter says that all of Laura's money will go directly to Sir Percival upon her death.
- The two men duke it out and Mr. Gilmore grows increasingly upset about Sir Percival's insistence on this clause.
- In London Mr. Gilmore runs into Walter, who looks awful.
- Walter is heading out of the country and Mr. Gilmore worries about his future, given how sickly he looks.