Carolyn asks her mother (Elizabeth) about why she hired Victoria and what she knows about her past. Victoria gets through to the foundling home, and finds that they had not heard of the Collins family before she was offered the position at Collinwood. Joe Haskell tells Elizabeth that Burke has offered him money for information on the Collins family. Joe wants to marry Carolyn, but wants to know why she doesn't seem interested. Elizabeth tells Victoria that she doesn't like being checked up on.