In which the moody evening finds Devereux confronting Nan Glynn beneath solitary thorn trees, their discourse fraught with bitter reproach and reluctant tenderness as he demands truth to dispel a troublesome falsehood woven by her and her mother. The encounter closes with a heart-wrenching farewell amidst the cold moonlight, leaving Devereux to wander in sombre reflection over the village lights, pondering the changed course of his fate.