In this scene, we learn that the Duke of Abergavenny has fled to France with his family. He tells his wife that he cannot return to the phantom clan because his army refuses to listen to him. She tells him that he is a coward because he keeps saying things like "glory and pride," but now he is afraid of returning to face his people. She urges him to show her the letter he has written to her, and she tells him to grab it and show it to her. She says that she has never considered him a concubine, and that he can unite his people against the Empress Dowager. She promises that she will help him fight the Empress dowager, but she also warns him not to be tricked by her