The young master, mowan, calls out to his servant, Miss Quinling, who has been staying at the estate. He tells her that something urgent has come back from the estate, and he cannot offer her a cab home. He then tells her about his mother, who managed the business after marrying her father. She was from the northern river family, and no one can rival her. The lady once saved his life, but the lady insists on leaving the family and marrying in secret. She seems like she has a complicated identity that he thought she had. He says that his mother passed away many years ago, and that she can stay at her mother's place for the night. The next day, he says, she will be sharing a room with him.