Tjoppie and Marco see each other again for the first time and give a few steps in the direction of where they were before. CJ is still brooding over Matthew, and Octavia warns him against it. Things are tense between Gershwin and Veronique, when Veronique wants to see her sons – and then it becomes even more tense when she discovers a marriage certificate. Lida eventually tells Hermien and Jan why she has come to visit Soebatskloof.