- Marian begins a career of eavesdropping.
- She overhears Mr. Merriman telling Sir Percival that Laura must sign her name to a document in the presence of witnesses.
- Marian goes to warn Laura, who promises not to sign anything just because Sir Percival wants her to.
- Marian grows increasingly suspicious of the Foscos and Sir Percival and starts suspecting that Sir Percival is having financial problems.
- Sir Percival grows increasingly belligerent and argumentative and even humiliates Laura at a meal when she disagrees with him during a debate on crime and criminals.
- What a dirtbag.
- Count Fosco launches into a pretentious monologue about how cutting-edge his theories are.
- The story about Mrs. Catherick's dog finally comes out and Sir Percival nearly loses it.
- Sir Percival says he's going out of town but needs to see Laura about a legal matter first.