As Quentin races to make the 6pm train, he is relieved to see her standing on the platform with her back to him. But then she turns around and Quentin is distressed to discover that he has made a terrible mistake, the train has left and Amanda was on it. Quentin finds Tim Shaw at Collinwood, and after obtaining everything Tim knows about Amanda, throws Tim bodily from the house. Angelique presses Quentin to set a wedding day, but he is noncommital. Angelique tells Quentin that Amanda will die if he boards a train to follow her.