Amelia is now a widow with a young child after her husband is killed during the Battle of Waterloo. Facing hardship, she then receives an offer of money from her father-in-law - but in return he wants possession of her child. Becky is also struggling with money due to Rawden's gambling and her proliferate spending. Still eager to court high society, she attracts the attention of Lord Stein, who wants her for more than just a mistress and is determined to have her at any cost.