Betrayals and new alliances. Lydia's motivations for saving Charlotte are revealed: she wants Charlotte to abandon Margaret and join her house. Lady Howard, now free as a widow, sides with Charlotte over Haxby and arranges Daniel's freedom. Justice Cunliffe betrays Lydia for acceptance by The Spartans. They'll take him, on condition he produces another girl. William and Harriet team up to recover her children, though their methods left Margaret feeling ill used. Emily Lacy returns to pair with Charles against his mother and find new independence together. Margaret must decide if she'll do the right thing, or take the final step to becoming like Lydia and deliver Amelia to the Spartans to save herself. Lydia pulls off a double cross with an unexpected outcome for Justice Cunliffe. Charlotte has decided to disown Margaret and Daniel and remain with Lydia; she reveals that she aims to take down Lydia's house from the inside. Fanny gives birth to a daughter. Lucy remains at her mother's brothel newly wiser.