her delight.

When Jinny visits her to see if she can talk to Ross about Jim illegally hunting, even though he promised them he would stop, she goes to find him only to discover he is out. She takes the time to search the room and looks at papers on his desk. She then finds a trunk containing a teal dress. She then hears Ross calling for her, who wonders if she would like to have dinner with him that evening. She agrees. They discuss her work, and she tells him about Jim. Ross then tells her he will give Jim a better job than the one he has already, which makes Demelza happy.

However, Jinny visits them the next day to tell them Jim went on one final expeditionand ended up getting arrested. Demelza stays at home to comfort Jinny, while Ross attends Jim's trial to persuade them to let Jim go.

While he is gone, Tom visits Demelza again. Tom has remarried, and wants to show Demelza he has changed. Tom says he wants Demelza to return home, and get away from Ross, who he thinks Demelza is sleeping with, but she refuses. Tom then states that he will return in one day to collect her.

Demelza is sad that she may have return home, and decides to try on the dress she found in the trunk to think about the life she could have had. She cries, stating that she cannot leave Ross, who then suddenly arrives home. He is also upset, because he couldn't help